[jQuery] Re: Remove ellipsis from shortened title.

[DemersDesigns]

Thanks for your responses! I will give them a whirl and let you know
what I find.
-Paul

On Nov 29, 12:43 am, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Your code is using &hellip; as part of a selector, which won't do what you
> want. It will probably end up selecting nothing. And jQuery's remove()
> method removes entire DOM nodes. You don't want that; you just want to
> remove part of the text.
>
> Also, you mentioned H3 elements, but the selector has a DT in it. Which is
> it?
>
> The code to do what you describe could look something like this:
>
>     $(function(){
>         $('h3').each( function() {
>             var $h = $(this);
>             $h.html( $h.html().replace( '&hellip;', '' ) );
>         });
>     });
>
> Or, breaking it down step by step to make it more clear:
>
>     $(function(){
>         $('h3').each( function() {  // loop through all H3 elements
>             var $h = $(this);  // get the current H3 has a jQuery object
>             var html = $h.html();  // get the HTML content of the element
>             html = html.replace( '&hellip;', '' );  // remove '&hellip;'
>             $h.html( html );  // store the HTML back in the element
>         });
>     });
>
> -Mike
>
> > From: DemersDesigns
>
> > Hello,
> > I am using Simplepie and truncating fields that are longer
> > than a certain length. This process adds anellipsisto the
> > end, which I want in most situations. However, for titles, I
> > do not want theellipsisto show. I am trying to use jquery
> > to remove theellipsischaracter code
> > (&hellip;) from any H3 tag that has it, but am having a real
> > problem getting it done. Here is what I have been working
> > from with no luck.
>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > $(function(){
> > $("dt &hellip;").remove();
> > });
> > </script>
>
> > Thanks as always!
> > -Paul