Thanks Klaus and Wizzud
I really don't know what the problem is. Here is the latest thing I
tried.
// $
("#app_content_2356318").children('div').children('table').filter(function(index)
{ return false; }) ; // does not works with or without the index as
parameter. Nothing is removed
$
("#app_content_2356318").children('div').children('table').remove() ; //
works! The table is removed.
Really simple but I must be missing something crucial.
Some background: I am using Greasemonkey and Firebug. I am not using
the $(document).ready(function() { because it does not seem to work
with Greasemonkey.
Pluthos
On Sep 10, 2:56 am, Wizzud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, I must admit I did not test the actual documented example - I was
> heading more at the root of the problem, ie what wasn't working with
> Pluthos' script that caused him to try the example in the first place!
>
>
>
> Klaus Hartl wrote:
>
> > Pluthos wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
>
> >> I am new to this group. I have been trying to get filter(function) to
> >> work for a few days without success. My goal was to remove DOM
> >> elements that did not belong to a pre-arranged array. Out of
> >> desperation I tried the example given in the on line documentation at
> >>http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/filter#fn. The example is:
>
> >> $("p").filter(function(index) {
> >> return $("ol", this).length == 0;
> >> });
>
> >> with the corresponding HTML code:
>
> >> <p><ol><li>Hello</li></ol></p><p>How are you?</p>
>
> >> THIS DID NOT WORK!
>
> >> Is it a bug in jQuery or am I doing something wrong? Could one of you
> >> try this same example? Thank you.
>
> >> Pluthos
>
> > This is because a <p> element cannot contain a <ol> element and the
> > filter like any other related selector simply does not match, because
> > the browser's tag soup parser closes the <p> element before the <ol>
> > starts.
>
> > As of lately this problem was discussed pretty often, see the following
> > thread:
> >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/e8790c0...
>
> > And the problem explained in more detail:
> >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/50fa1b3...
>
> > --Klaus
>
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