It's something in jQuery 1.3 ... the code works in Chrome and Safari
when I use jQuery 1.2.x.
On Feb 4, 10:59 am, brnwdrng <brianwoodr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting postnote:
>
> The solutions given seem to work for the latest versions of Firefox,
> IE, and Opera; but fail in Chrome and Safari. They don't seem to be
> able to distinguish the empty text boxes from populated ones.
>
> On Feb 4, 8:53 am, brnwdrng <brianwoodr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I got the second suggestion to work (Aaron's); though there was a
> > minor typo that had to be fixed - the ending double quote
> > before ).toggleClass
>
> > I fixed my secondary problem by removing the class from all the fields
> > prior to applying the shade effect on each user submit. So, it ends
> > up looking like this, for future viewers:
>
> > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %> input").removeClass
> > ('inputFields_empty');
> > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %> input[class='inputFields']:not
> > ([value])").toggleClass('inputFields_empty');
>
> > or, my lamer iteration version now works with the remove statement
> > preceding it:
>
> > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %> input").removeClass
> > ('inputFields_empty');
> > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %> input
> > [class='inputFields']").each(function(i) { $(this).toggleClass
> > ('inputFields_empty', $.trim($(this).val()).length < 1); });
>
> > Thanks for the help!
>
> > On Feb 4, 7:22 am, Aaron Gundel <aaron.gun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %>
> > > input[class='inputFields']:not([value])).toggleClass('inputFields_empty');
> > > should do the trick.
>
> > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:57 PM, brnwdrng <brianwoodr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I have a set of text box inputs in a div, and want to color the empty
> > > > ones red (css) when a user attempts to submit incomplete fields. I've
> > > > tried this with and without an explicit iterator, as shown in the two
> > > > examples below.
>
> > > > (a)
> > > > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %> input[class='inputFields']
> > > > [value='']").toggleClass('inputFields_empty');
>
> > > > (b)
> > > > $("#<%= this.pnlInputFields.ClientID %> input
> > > > [class='inputFields']").each(function(i) { $(this).toggleClass
> > > > ('inputFields_empty', $.trim($(this).val()).length < 1); });
>
> > > > The first one fails with an error message indicating that [value='']
> > > > is an unrecognized expression (Firebug), though [value='helloworld']
> > > > works, correctly toggling the inputFields_empty class on (but not off)
> > > > wherever it finds "helloworld" in a text box. I've tried countless
> > > > variations on this, and can't seem to get it right for an empty field
> > > > (tried :empty too).
>
> > > > The second one (b) works, at least initially, highlighting the empty
> > > > text boxes. Not as elegant as something like (a) might be, but I'll
> > > > use it if (a) is infeasible. Note that it only works the first time
> > > > my button is pushed; subsequent changes in the textbox fields (like
> > > > the user erasing them) fail to remove the inputField_empty class (not
> > > > posting back, just have a onclick call that runs this validator
> > > > method).
>
> > > > Any suggestions?
