hi glen, thanks for replying.
That still wouldn't work. With that you are looking for the text
inside div elements which are descendants of of the id'd element.
What i want to select are certain text elements of the id'd element.
I figured something out, but this is surprisinlgy difficult:
<div id="21">
<div>
<text node>
<div>
<text node>
...
</div>
I had to use .contains() and [nodeType=3] to pick text nodes. not
pretty.
On May 5, 4:23 pm, "Glen Lipka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $("#tln21 div").text();
>
> Like that? By the way, firebug is very helpful to test our selectors and
> see what they come up with.
> Hmm, it would be nice to have a tutorial on how to do this. I can try and
> whip one up.
>
> Glen
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:47 PM, darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > hi Joe, thanks for your comment
>
> > If you look closer, you can see that the text is not actually in the
> > div element. i basically need to select the text after that node:
>
> > <div>
> > <div tln=xxx></div>
> > Some text
> > <div tln=xxx></div>
> > some more text
> > <div tln=xxx3></div>
> > even more text
> > </div>
>
> > So that wouldnt work
>
> > On May 5, 2:06 pm, Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > $("#tln21').text();
>
> > > This will return the text associated with id="tln21".
>
> > >http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/text
>
> > > Joe
>
> > >www.subprint.com
>
> > > On May 5, 2:34 pm, darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi everybody, new member here.
>
> > > > I have a project with the following snipped of code:
>
> > > > =====start html=====
> > > > <div class="line">
> > > > <div name="tln4" id="tln4" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>As I remember, Adam, it was upon
> > > > this fashion
> > > > <div name="tln5" id="tln5" class="ln
> > > > tln">5</div>bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand
> > > > <div name="tln6" id="tln6" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>crowns, and, as thou say'st,
> > > > charged my brother,
> > > > <div name="tln7" id="tln7" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>on his blessing, to breed me well;
> > > > and
> > > > <div name="tln8" id="tln8" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>there begins my sadness. My
> > > > brother Jaques he keeps
> > > > <div name="tln9" id="tln9" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>at school, and report speaks
> > > > goldenly of his profit.
> > > > <div name="tln10" id="tln10" class="ln
> > > > tln">10</div>For my part, he keeps me rustically at home, or, to
> > > > speak
> > > > <div name="tln11" id="tln11" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>more properly, stays me here at
> > > > home unkept; for call
> > > > <div name="tln12" id="tln12" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>you that "keeping" for a gentleman
> > > > of my birth that differs
> > > > <div name="tln13" id="tln13" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>not from the stalling of an ox?
> > > > His horses are bred
> > > > <div name="tln14" id="tln14" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>better, for, besides that they are
> > > > fair with their feeding,
> > > > <div name="tln15" id="tln15" class="ln
> > > > tln">15</div>they are taught their man�ge, and to that end riders
> > > > <div name="tln16" id="tln16" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>dearly hired; but I, his brother,
> > > > gain nothing under
> > > > <div name="tln17" id="tln17" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>him but growth, for the which his
> > > > animals on his
> > > > <div name="tln18" id="tln18" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>dunghills are as much bound to him
> > > > as I. Besides this nothing
> > > > <div name="tln19" id="tln19" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>that he so plentifully gives me,
> > > > the something that
> > > > <div name="tln20" id="tln20" class="ln
> > > > tln">20</div>nature gave me his countenance seems to take from
> > > > <div name="tln21" id="tln21" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>me. He lets me feed with his
> > > > hinds, bars me the
> > > > <div name="tln22" id="tln22" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>place of a brother, and as much as
> > > > in him lies, mines my
> > > > <div name="tln23" id="tln23" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>gentility with my education. This
> > > > is it, Adam, that
> > > > <div name="tln24" id="tln24" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>grieves me; and the spirit of my
> > > > father, which I think
> > > > <div name="tln25" id="tln25" class="ln
> > > > tln">25</div>is within me, begins to mutiny against this servitude.
> > > > <div name="tln26" id="tln26" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>I will no longer endure it, though
> > > > yet I know no wise
> > > > <div name="tln27" id="tln27" class="ln
> > > > tln">
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>remedy how to avoid it.
> > > > <!---->
> > > > </div>
> > > > ====End HTML====
>
> > > > I have a short selection of text and a tln that the text should be
> > > > found near. I wan to use jquery to find this text node so that i can
> > > > manipulate it. My trouble is that I dont understand how the DOM
> > > > treats text nodes and element nodes.
>
> > > > So say for example i had the information (tln21) and a text snippet
> > > > "He lets me". What i tried was:
> > > > $("#tln21').siblings()
> > > > But this is only returning element siblings, not text siblings.
>
> > > > what can i do here? thanks for any help.
