put valid id's on all relevant tags, then reference by id? On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Jayzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi! > > I've got a table with multiple rows which I'd like to traverse in a > special way - here's the html (for better reading, I just included two > rows, these rows are duplicated with different values): > > <tbody> > <tr class="pricing"> > <td>Example A</td> > <td><span class="price">1,20</span> €</td> > <td><span class="price">2,40</span> €</td> > </tr> > <tr class="calc"> > <td>Calculator</td> > <td><input /><span class="result">0,00</span> €</td> > <td><input /><span class="result">0,00</span> €</td> > </tr> > </tbody> > > What I'd like to do: If an input filed is focussed, a price should be > calculated. To keep the script as efficient as possible, I want to > travel up from the input field to the cell above it (i.e. one row up, > second or third cell in that row). My problem is: How can I traverse > the DOM in this way? > > I imagine the following: The script should "know" where the starting > point was (second or third cell in row) and then get the corresponding > cell. I'm sure this is possible, but I have no idea how to achieve it. > > If I get the DOM traversing right, I want to get the value of > span.price to calculate the input with it & update the result in - > yes, span.result ;-) > > I'm sure this is a pretty easy thing to achieve for people how know > jQuery well - I unfortunately don't (yet!). Could someone please > explain this? > > Thanks for your effort! > > Markus >
