Beautiful! That worked wonderfully. Thanks, Karl!
Nick
On Dec 15, 12:23 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> You're close!
>
> The first thing you might want change is your selector. You can use
> the common CSS notation for selecting an ID.
> So, $("input[id='plan']") can simply be $('#plan')
> This will be more efficient, because jQuery will look for a single
> element with an ID of "plan." Otherwise, it would look for all
> elements with tag name "input" and then check to see which one had an
> id of "plan."
>
> Then, you can use the jQuery custom selector ":checked" to see if the
> radio button is checked.
>
> if ( $('#plan').is(':checked') ) {
> // do your thing
>
> }
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
> On Dec 15, 2007, at 3:24 AM, Nick Bourgeois wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
>
> > This is my first post to the community. I'm a total jQuery n00b,
> > and I'm struggling with conditional statements & jQuery. Here's
> > what I'm trying to do:
>
> > The page is a form that uses the same template for both add and edit
> > modes. On page load, jQuery should detect whether or not a choice
> > from a radio button selection is checked. Here is the relevant HTML:
>
> > <label for="plan"><input type="radio" id="plan" name="coverage"
> > value="Healthcare Plan" checked="checked" /> My <strong>healthcare
> > plan</strong> includes prescription drug benefits.</label>
> > <label for="medicare"><input type="radio" id="medicare"
> > name="coverage" value="Medicare Part D or Medicaid" /> I am enrolled
> > in either <strong>Medicare Part D</strong> or <strong>Medicaid</
> > strong>.</label>
> > <label for="hsa"><input type="radio" id="hsa" name="coverage"
> > value="Health Savings Account" /> I have a <strong>Health Savings
> > Account</strong> (HSA) and otherwise plan to pay retail price.</label>
>
> > If the first choice is selected on page load, do nothing. If the
> > other two are selected on page load, show/hide certain fields. I
> > have the show/hide stuff working, but I'm struggling with the
> > conditional stuff.
>
> > I'm trying to do something like ...
> > if ($("input[id='plan']").attr('checked').is(false)) {
> > // show/hide
> > }
> > ... but, y'know, something that works. ;)
>
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> > TIA,
> > NIck
