I agree with you $(this).val() = 'yes'; means nothing
$(this).val() == 'yes' or $(this).val() === 'yes' returned nothing
var yes_or_no=jQuery(this).attr("value");
returned what I was looking for
Thank you for great help
Jean from France
On 15 mar, 21:35, Josh Powell <seas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Glad I could help. That's an interesting thing you ran into, first, i
> assume that instead of
> $(this).val() = 'yes';
>
> you meant
>
> $(this).val() == 'yes' or $(this).val() === 'yes'
>
> because the first one meant you are trying to store 'yes' in $
> (this).val()... which wouldn't work anyway. Actually before
> theorizing any further, did you actually test the first or second
> versions of that statement above?
>
> On Mar 15, 11:25 am, macgyver47 <jrl...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > What works is
> > var yes_or_no=jQuery(this).attr("value");
> > if(yes_or_no=="yes"){
> > do something}
>
> > else
> > {
> > do something else}
>
> > Thanks for helping all the way to a fine solution
>
> > On 15 mar, 15:10, macgyver47 <jrl...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > > Unfortunatly it doesn't work
> > > if ($(this).val() = 'yes')
> > > returns nothing
> > > $(this).val() returns "on" no matter if you click on button Yes or
> > > button No
> > > I have been ckecking jquery doc the best I could and cannot find
> > > answer to my question: how to I know if user clicked on button Yes or
> > > button No
> > > Any other ideas ???
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Jean from France
> > > On 14 mar, 17:54, Josh Powell <seas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > $(this).is("eq[0]")
>
> > > > will not work because, is looks at the list of jquery objects that $
> > > > (this) returns. Which is just one object.
>
> > > > try giving the input a value of yes or no and doing
>
> > > > if ($(this).val() === 'yes')
>
> > > > On Mar 14, 8:51 am, macgyver47 <jrl...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > > > > One more question if this is not abusing your time
> > > > > Structure ofeachquestion:
> > > > > <div id="quest1>
> > > > > Question 1
> > > > > <input class="choix1" type="radio" name="choix1"
> > > > > onclick='q1=1'>Yes<br>
> > > > > <input class="choix1" type="radio" name="choix1" onclick='q1=0'>No<br>
> > > > > </div>
> > > > > jQuery('.choix').click(function(e) {
> > > > > $(this).parent().hide();});
>
> > > > > as expected your answer hides the content of the question as expected
> > > > > How can I know if first (yes) or second (no) button was clicked
> > > > > I tried introducing after $(this).parent().hide(); something like
> > > > > if (jQuery(this).is(":eq[0]")) {
> > > > > do something
> > > > > }
> > > > > else
> > > > > {
> > > > > do something}
>
> > > > > but it doesn't work !
> > > > > Any ideas ?
> > > > > Thanks for help
> > > > > Jean from France
> > > > > On Mar 14, 9:49 am, macgyver47 <jrl...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Thank you very much for a great answer which nearly solved my
> > > > > > question in a very elegant way, I have even discovered in studying
> > > > > > selectors a little more thouroughly ( jquery doc) that you can use
> > > > > > jQuery('.choix').click(function(e) {
> > > > > > $(this).parent().parent().hide();
> > > > > > and it will go 2 levels up instead of one as described in you
> > > > > > solution
> > > > > > Thanks to great people like you Josh I am learning ( slowly)
> > > > > > Many thanks
> > > > > > Jean from France
>
> > > > > > On 14 mar, 08:27, Josh Powell <seas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Yes, forget about using ID's in this way. That's something you
> > > > > > > had to
> > > > > > > do before using jQuery. Think about how your HTML is structured
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > things are named/classed and the order they are in. Take
> > > > > > > advantage of
> > > > > > > how easy it is to traverse the DOM with jQuery. If yo uhave
>
> > > > > > > <div>
> > > > > > > <a class="choix">link 1</a>
> > > > > > > Description
> > > > > > > </div>
>
> > > > > > > <div>
> > > > > > > <a class="choix">link 2</a>
> > > > > > > Description
> > > > > > > </div>
>
> > > > > > > <div>
> > > > > > > <a class="choix">link 3</a>
> > > > > > > Description
> > > > > > > </div>
>
> > > > > > > and do:
>
> > > > > > > jQuery('.choix').click(function(e) {
> > > > > > > $(this).parent().hide();
>
> > > > > > > });
>
> > > > > > > Then jQuery will iterate through all of the elements on the page
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > a class of 'choix' and attach a click event that hides that links
> > > > > > > parent when clicked on. This keeps your html/javascript much
> > > > > > > cleaner
> > > > > > > as you do not even need to worry about assigning incrementing
> > > > > > > id's to
> > > > > > > elements and keeping the numbers matched to another elements id to
> > > > > > > link them.
>
> > > > > > > This is not an exact solution for you, but it should point you in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > right direction and way of thinking about how to use jQuery.
>
> > > > > > > Josh
>
> > > > > > > On Mar 13, 11:27 pm, macgyver47 <jrl...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > What it does:
> > > > > > > > jQuery('.choix1').click(function(){
> > > > > > > > jQuery('#quest1').hide();
> > > > > > > > When you click on either button related to question 1 it just
> > > > > > > > hides
> > > > > > > > the div id="quest1"
> > > > > > > > What I would like to do is something like:
> > > > > > > > for (i=1; i<=6; i++){
> > > > > > > > $("choix " + i ).click function(){
> > > > > > > > $("#quest"+i).hide();
> > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > So every time user clicks on any radio button with id="choix1"
> > > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > choix2 or choix3... it will hide the related div with
> > > > > > > > id="quest1" or
> > > > > > > > quest 2...
> > > > > > > > Any ideas
> > > > > > > > Thanks for help
> > > > > > > > Jean from France
>
> > > > > > > > On 14 mar, 00:57, Josh Powell <seas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > What this is doing:
>
> > > > > > > > > jQuery('.choix1').click(function(){
> > > > > > > > > jQuery('#quest1').hide();
>
> > > > > > > > > });
>
> > > > > > > > > is looping through every element on the page with a class of
> > > > > > > > > 'choix1',
> > > > > > > > > so you could either change all of the elements you want to
> > > > > > > > > loop though
> > > > > > > > > classes to choix and then do
>
> > > > > > > > > jQuery('.choix').click(function(){
> > > > > > > > > jQuery(this).parent().hide();
>
> > > > > > > > > });
>
> > > > > > > > > Which will loop through them all and then hide them when
> > > > > > > > > either yes or
> > > > > > > > > no is selected or find some other way of identifying every
> > > > > > > > > element
> > > > > > > > > that you want to act on. Perhaps use the name field, or if
> > > > > > > > > they are
> > > > > > > > > the only radio buttons on the page you can do
>
> > > > > > > > > jQuery(':radio') as the selector.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2:45 pm, macgyver47 <jrl...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Hi
> > > > > > > > > > I am new to jQuery and learning slowly
> > > > > > > > > > Here is theproblem
> > > > > > > > > > I have 6 questionseachof them has 2 buttons ( yes or no
> > > > > > > > > > radio
> > > > > > > > > > buttons)
> > > > > > > > > > When user clicks on 1 answer I would like to hide the
> > > > > > > > > > entire question
> > > > > > > > > > I have achieved to do this for 1 question but no success
> > > > > > > > > > looping
> > > > > > > > > > through all 6 questions !
> > > > > > > > > > <div id="quest1>
> > > > > > > > > > Question 1
> > > > > > > > > > <input class="choix1" type="radio" name="choix1"
> > > > > > > > > > onclick='q1=1'>Yes<br>
> > > > > > > > > > <input class="choix1" type="radio" name="choix1"
> > > > > > > > > > onclick='q1=0'>No<br>
> > > > > > > > > > </div>
> > > > > > > > > > <div id="quest2>
> > > > > > > > > > Question 2
> > > > > > > > > > <input class="choix2" type="radio" name="choix1"
> > > > > > > > > > onclick='q1=1'>Yes<br>
> > > > > > > > > > <input class="choix2" type="radio" name="choix1"
> > > > > > > > > > onclick='q1=0'>No<br>
> > > > > > > > > > </div>
> > > > > > > > > > ...........
> > > > > > > > > > jQuery('.choix1').click(function(){
> > > > > > > > > > jQuery('#quest1').hide();
> > > > > > > > > > });
> > > > > > > > > > This works for 1 item but how can I loop through all all of
> > > > > > > > > > them
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks for help
> > > > > > > > > > Jean from France
