Hi Michael,
Have you checked out the stopPropagation() method for events?
eg:
$(check_id).click(function(e){
e.stopPropagation();
});
This may help - I have used this on a clickable image on a table row
to stop the click expanding / contracting the table row.
Cheers
P
On Sep 9, 2:59 pm, "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Except ... (sorry to come back on this one)
>
> I'm trying to do something else ('growl' actually but that's not
> important for the purposes of the issue) when the user checks/unchecks
> the box
>
> http://dev2.savingforchildren.co.uk/mjs/row_select_2.epl
>
> As this demo now shows, when you check the box itself it does what
> would be expected. But when you click somewhere on the row, the
> checked attribute doesn't actually get set (or at least not at this
> point).
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thank you - this seemed the neatest solution and worked nicely for me.
>
> > Michael
>
> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi Michael,
> >> You could do it a little differently. This should work:
> >> $('.myrow').click(function(event) {
> >> if (event.target.type != 'checkbox') {
> >> $('input:checkbox', this).trigger('click');
> >> }
> >> });
> >> so, when the user clicks somewhere in the row, if the click isn't directly
> >> on a checkbox, it triggers a click for that row's checkbox.
> >> --Karl
> >> ____________
> >> Karl Swedberg
> >>www.englishrules.com
> >>www.learningjquery.com
>
> >> On Sep 8, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
>
> >> Thanks for the reply.
>
> >> I added a return false;
>
> >>http://dev.savingforchildren.co.uk/mjs/row_select_2.epl
>
> >> But it doesn't seem to make any difference.
>
> >> Am I missing something?
>
> >> Thanks again
>
> >> Michael
>
> >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> add " return false; " to your click handler to keep the click from
>
> >> getting to the checkbox itself.
>
> >> Danny
>
> >> On Sep 8, 10:55 am, "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Hi there,
>
> >> I'm trying to make a page which automatically toggles a checkbox when
>
> >> you click anywhere on the row.
>
> >> Here's a version I've cut down to the bare bones to illustrate
>
> >>http://dev.savingforchildren.co.uk/mjs/row_select.epl
>
> >> It seems to work fine unless the user actually clicks on the checkbox
>
> >> itself. In this case it seems that it actually gets toggled twice and
>
> >> so reverts to its original state.
>
> >> Any suggestions on the cleanest / simples way to avoid this? (I can
>
> >> think of a few messy ways)
>
> >> Thanks
>
> >> Michael
