I'm using event delegation (http://www.danwebb.net/2008/2/8/event-
delegation-made-easy-in-jquery) to capture events that have bubbled up
to the #nav element. It might even make sense to capture clicks that
bubble up to the document object. I want to use the .is function to
figure out what the user clicked on. Can I pass selector expressions
like "div div#nav a.exit" to the .is function?
On Feb 20, 2:18 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Your jQuery is a bit faulty. You've only applied the event to the div
> called nav, not to the links. Also, you don't need to use event.target
> - the function will fire with this == the bound element.
>
> Try:
>
> <div id="nav">
> <a href="/exit/" class="exit">Exit</a>
> <a href="/open/" class="open">Open</a>
> </div>
>
> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
> jQuery(document).ready(function(){
> jQuery('#nav a').bind('click', function() {
> alert(jQuery(this).is('.exit'));
> return false;
> });});
>
> </script>
>
> On Feb 21, 7:10 am, hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm new to jQuery, and found something unexpected. With something
> > like this:
>
> > <div id="nav">
> > <a href="/exit/" class="exit">Exit</a>
> > <a href="/open/" class="open">Open</a>
> > </div>
> > <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
> > jQuery('#nav').bind('click', function() {
> > alert(jQuery(event.target).is('#nav .exit'));
> > event.preventDefault();});
>
> > </script>
>
> > I expect .is('#nav .exit') to return true when the event is fired from
> > the Exit link, and false otherwise. Instead it always returns true.
> > What am I missing?
>
> > Thanks!
