I'm still confused about one thing though. How does the else portion
work? Sorry for being such a noob, but I haven't been able to find
the syntax using "IS" as an if statment through Jquery.
On Aug 3, 10:57 am, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, is() method returns true/false. This is one of the few methods which
> doesnt return a jquery object because it makes more sense to return boolean.
>
> -GTG
>
> On 8/3/07, spinnach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > try it like this, .is() returns true or false so you have to use it in
> > an if statement:
>
> > $("a.saveConfig").click(function() {
> > if ($('div.detail').is(':visible')) alert('Hey this works');
> > });
>
> > dennis.
>
> > Pete wrote:
> > > I'm trying to create a link that when clicked will produce an alert if
> > > there are any visible divs (all .detail divs are hidden by default).
> > > I have the following function but it doesn't seem I'm doing it
> > > correctly; nothing happens regardless of the visibility status of the
> > > divs.
>
> > > $("a.saveConfig").click(function() {
> > > $('div.detail').is(':visible'), (function () {
> > > alert('Hey this works');
>
> > > });
> > > });
>
> > > Is there a better way to do an if statement using JQuery selectors or
> > > is there something I'm missing in my code?
