it does the job but I still find the behavior unexpected :P thanks
EuGeNe -- http://www.3kwa.com On May 28, 12:27 am, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I suspect that the problem has to do with putting an HTML string > inside thecontainsparens, when it is supposed to take only text. > Does it work if you just do $('a:contains(undo)') ? > > --Karl > ____________ > Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com > > On May 27, 2008, at 2:06 PM, EuGeNe wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > I am troubled by the behavior of the :containsfilter > > > I have an a tag > > > <a class="undo" href="/tag/poesie/5">undo</a> > > > I can select it with > > > $("a.undo") and play with the chain not problem e.g. $ > > ("a.undo").remove() works fine > > > if I use > > > $(':contains(<a href="/tag/sagesse/4" class="undo">undo</a>)') > > or > > $('a:contains(<a href="/tag/sagesse/4" class="undo">undo</a>)') > > or > > $('a.undo:contains(<a href="/tag/sagesse/4" class="undo">undo</a>)') > > > I get the "same" result "pointing" to the same tag but I can't play > > with it i.e. whatever I do to it doens't have an impact on the DOM. > > > I am sure it is something I don't understand about JS or jQuery ... > > could somebody enlighten me? > > > Thanks > > > EuGeNe --http://www.3kwa.com
