sorry.... i should say....
"how does that explain the behaviour when there's no thead" (because it
works when thead doesnt exist)
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Alex Wibowo <alexwib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> how does that explain the behaviour when there's thead then??
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:47 PM, David Muir <davidkm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> It's because tbody:first-child is already selecting the tr, so you're
>> effectively doing:
>> tbody tr tr (where the first tr is the first child of tbody)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex Wibowo wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a code that counts the number of rows in a table...
>>>
>>> the table looks like:
>>>
>>> <table id="myTable">
>>> <thead>
>>> ...
>>> </thead>
>>>
>>> <tbody>
>>> <tr>
>>> ....
>>> </tr>
>>> </tbody>
>>> </table>
>>>
>>>
>>> and my jquery looks like:
>>>
>>> $("#myTable tbody:first-child tr").length;
>>>
>>> strange enough.... that always returns 0.
>>> but if i remove the thead from the table... then it will return the
>>> correct number of rows..
>>>
>>> or alternatively, i can keep the thead, but use the following instead:
>>>
>>> $("#myTable tbody tr").length;
>>>
>>> i.e. without specifying first-child.
>>>
>>> Can anyone explain this behaviour?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> THanks a lot!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> WiB
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
>
> WiB
>
>
--
Best regards,
WiB
