David, Seasoup, Ricardo, thank you all so very much for taking the
time, lots to go on, many thanks again.
On Nov 27, 6:32 am, ricardobeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Use the attribute selector for this:
>
> $('something').click(function(){
> $('[id*=contact').hide(); // *= means 'contains'
>
> });
>
> see "Attribute Filters" athttp://docs.jquery.com/Selectors
>
> But as seasoup said, there are better ways to structure your app.
>
> - ricardo
>
> On Nov 26, 2:18 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
