It'd probably be a good idea to brush up on CSS selectors as that's how jQuery does it's "selecting":
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/selectors/index.html Karl Rudd On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As anyone who's flicked over my beginner's blog will know, jQuery > provides a constantly vertical learning curve (!) It isn't made any > easier by the lack of basic instruction. > > I realise this is largely because of my very basic Javascript > knowledge - but some of the problems I encounter are special to > jQuery, and I'd love to know whether somebody has already written a > style guide? > > Example: I've just discovered I needed to concatenate a selector. > Normally, one can use: > $( '#someid .someclass' ) - as advertised by jQuery, the CSS selector. > I have a heading + class to select with jQuery. After more than half > an hour of failed experiments, I found it must be: > $( 'h2.someclass') - as not advertised anywhere that I know of! > > Can I find a reference to this kind of thing?? I'm having a hard > enough time as it is! > > thanks - > Cherry > ( http://jquery.cherryaustin.com ) >
