I'm not sure exactly what it is you are trying to do, so can't answer
with exact code but this code will make all divs have a click event
that will hide all divs except the one you clicked on.
$('div').click(function(){
$('div').not($(this)).hide();
});
Try thinking in terms of all of the selector options instead of just
ids. When clicking on an a tag with a class of className, the
following code will hide all divs except for the div with and index of
3.
$('.className a').click(function() {
$('div').not($('div :eq(3)').hide();
});
Hopefully, you can adapt the above logic to what you need. The above
code also hasn't been tested, so might not work without some
adjustment.
On Nov 26, 5:47 pm, "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Steve,
>
> I think regex is possible in the selector so using \\S* as your wildcard..
>
> $('#contact_\\S*').each();
>
> Sorry haven't tested the above - but hope it helps you out.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 November 2008 16:18
> To: jQuery (English)
> Subject: [jQuery] trying to act on certain DIV's and not others
>
> Hi folks,
> apologies if this is a completely noob question. I wish to close
> (hide) and number of <div>'s whilst leaving others open. I considered the
> possibility that it might be feasible in Jquery to act on div's with a
> certain pattern in the id name. Not sure if this is true tho; for example
>
> <div id-="contact_blah">
> <div id="contact_yak">
> <div id="nothanks">
>
> so that the first two div's would be subject to being hidden, and the third
> left alone.
>
> I wish essentially to have a series of links toggle the visibility of some
> div's, but when a link is clicked and a div is unhidden, - all other divs to
> hide.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> best wishes and thanks
>
> Steve / Nibb
