Hey guys,
I realized that I misstated my problem. I realized that the item I
want to check for is NOT a child, but the element that comes AFTER a
specific element. So, I have a list of specific elements, and if an
element with a specific class does not come after the first element,
hide the first element.
Sorry this sounds strange. I am trying to create a work around for my
CMS.
On May 28, 5:53 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can do it with selectors:
>
> $('#main:not(:has(*))').hide();
>
> Ie - 'select the element with the id "main" that does _not_ contain
> any other element'.
>
> Note that this is different from $('#main:empty') which includes text
> nodes.
>
> On May 29, 12:10 pm, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I would do it by checking the DOM directly, just because it's reasonably
> > straightforward and very efficient:
>
> > var $main = $('#main');
> > if( $main[0] && $main[0].firstChild ) $main.hide();
>
> > -Mike
>
> > > I am wondering how I could check if a parent element has
> > > children, and it it does not, I would like to hide the parent.
>
> > > I was looking at something like the following, but I am not
> > > sure how to get it to work how I want:
>
> > > $("#main > *").hide;- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
