Is this topic changing to the need for removing stuff from jQ? My
intention was to just get opinions about the comment Thor made.
On Aug 17, 1:04 am, "Erik Beeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > $("p:gt(4)").show().gt(10).css("color","red");
>
> > Or, if you need to operate multiple time on same collection:
>
> > var my_coll = $("p");
> > my_coll.gt(3).css("color","red");
> > my_coll.lt(3).css("color","blue");
>
> > This stuff cannot be done by solely in selector expression.
>
> I'm pretty sure this can be done with filter. In fact, a cursory test
> with firebug on jQuery.com suggests it can:
>
> >>> $('p');
>
> [p, p, p.surprise, p, p.download_link, p.download_link, p, p, p]>>>
> $('p:gt(2)');
>
> [p, p.download_link, p.download_link, p, p, p]>>> $('p:gt(2)').gt(4);
> [p]
> >>> $('p:gt(2)').filter(':gt(4)');
>
> [p]
>
> I'm all in favor of removing gt/lt/eq in favor of the selector version
> with filter.
>
> --Erik
