Thanks Ricardo after lunch I will give that a try. No the Id is not
the input itself it a actually the parent div and there are a
collection of inputs in the div. I would post my HTML but there is so
much php looping and conditions that it would just Mqke this thread
more confusing.
On Dec 16, 1:04 pm, Ricardo Tomasi <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> by the way: Is #addNewAdress the input itself? Maybe what you're
> looking for is #addNewAdress :input. Again, seeing the relevant HTML
> would help.
>
> On Dec 16, 1:26 pm, WhoButSB <whobu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I gave this a try:
> > $("input:not(#addNewAddress:input, #addNewContactDetail:input)").focus
> > ();
>
> > And the function would still run :-/ . Maybe I should use the input
> > selector then add a class to the ones i don't want to grab and use the
> > hasClass method to return a false for the ones not supposed to
> > activate.
>
> > But I have to believe there is an easier way.
>
> > On Dec 15, 7:39 pm, Kean <shenan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > This probably will work too.
>
> > > $("input:not(#addNewAddress, #addNewContactDetail)").click();
>
> > > On Dec 15, 3:01 pm, "Rik Lomas" <lomas....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Try:
>
> > > > $("input").not('#addNewAddress, #addNewContactDetail').click();
>
> > > > Rik
>
> > > > 2008/12/15 WhoButSB <whobu...@gmail.com>:
>
> > > > > Hello All!
> > > > > I'm trying to figure out the correct way to use the not() method. I
> > > > > know there is also a :not() filter in selectors class but I couldn't
> > > > > get that one to work either.
>
> > > > > My goal is to add a click function to all the input fields on a page.
> > > > > But not select the input buttons that are nested in certain divs.
>
> > > > > Here is what I have tried so far:
>
> > > > > $("input").not($('#addNewAddress:input',
> > > > > '#addNewContactDetail:input')).click(function(){
> > > > > console.log($(this).attr('id'));
> > > > > });
>
> > > > > AND
>
> > > > > $("input").not('#addNewAddress input', '#addNewContactDetail
> > > > > input').click(function(){
> > > > > console.log($(this).attr('id'));
> > > > > });
>
> > > > > Neither have worked so far. Should I be using the :not() command in
> > > > > the selector?
>
> > > > > Thanks for the help!
>
> > > > --
> > > > Rik Lomashttp://rikrikrik.com
