hey joe, it looks like testing node types may help with your problem. Google node types and you'll find that DOM text nodes are type 3, element nodes are type 1 etc etc. You could do something using the selector expression [nodeType=3] to determine if the current node you have selected is a text node.
On May 7, 4:22 pm, Ariel Flesler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, made a 10 min class to do this. It doesn't use jQuery at all, so > it will work as fast as possible. > You only need to specify the translating function. > > Made a blog post to detail its use. > > http://flesler.blogspot.com/2008/05/textnode-translator-for-javascrip... > > I never used Google translator, but it probably requires AJAX, so pay > attention to the 'sync' part. > > Cheers > > -- > Ariel Fleslerhttp://flesler.blogspot.com > > On 7 mayo, 16:22, Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Balazs, > > > Thanks, but I tried your plugin and it did not work. There is no demo > > for say clicking a button and converting the page; the bookmarklet is > > cool, but doesn't really help when I can't get the plugin to work. I > > emailed you so hopefully I'll hear back... > > > I did actually re-create your plugin, but didn't author it or add any > > bells and whistles, just translating an entire page and/or element... > > > Cheers. > > > Joe > > >www.subprint.com > > > On May 7, 1:39 pm, Balazs Endresz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi! I replied in the previous thread but it hasn't appeared in Google > > > groups, just > > > here:http://www.nabble.com/Selector-Madness!--How-to-Select-all-the-Text-o... > > > So there is a translate plugin that works this way: > > > >http://code.google.com/p/jquery-translate/ > > > > On May 5, 9:32 pm, Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Last week I had a question on how to traverse the DOM and find all > > > > elements that had some text (p, a, li, h1, etc.) so I could manipulate > > > > it with Google's translation API. Well with some help from the > > > > community I was able to accomplish this feat. > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/c63da32... > > > > > However, I have a bigger problem. Now, when I grab > > > > theallproperelements: > > > > > $a = $(' #container > * ').contents(); > > > > > And parse thru them tofindwhich ones have text, it does just that > > > > BUT if an unordered list is within a div and that UL has text it will > > > > show up not only with the UL, but within the DIV as well. > > > > > $a.each(function() > > > > { ... translate stuff here ..}); > > > > > So in iteration one, wefindthe DIV, and then locate any andALLtext > > > > in the DIV. Quite a bit for the header navigation. > > > > > Example Result for Div: > > > > HOME BUSINESS CONTACT ABOUT > > > > > Then the next iteration is the UL, and it finds its text, which is > > > > basically the same as the DIV's text result. > > > > > Example Result for UL: > > > > HOME BUSINESS CONTACT ABOUT > > > > > Then the next iteration is the LI element, which has the proper text > > > > but, > > > > > The next iteration is the A element which is finally the text I > > > > actually want to translate. > > > > > Example Result for LI and A: > > > > HOME > > > > > So myquestionis how can Itraversedown and grab thelastchild on > > > > that particular "branch" of theDOM. Surely there's a way to check if > > > > current node has or does not have a child, but how with jQuery? > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > BTW, Ariel Fleisler's recommendation from the previous post appears to > > > > be the best approach, but my pure Javascript mixing with jQuery skills > > > > are not quite up to snuff to hash that out...- Ocultar texto de la cita > > > > - > > > - Mostrar texto de la cita -
