Thank you. So, if I wanted to check to see if there even were any p
tags after an h1 tag, and I wanted to hide the h1 tag, I would do the
following?
$('h1 + p:not(:has(*))').hide();
On May 28, 7:22 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't forget to check the jQuery documentation:http://docs.jquery.com/
>
> The selector you want is 'prev +
> next':http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/next#prevnext
>
> Eg, if I wanted to highlight in blue every paragraph object that comes
> after a h1 heading:
>
> $('h1 + p').css('color', 'blue');
>
> On May 29, 2:06 pm, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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 -- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
