I'd take a guess that "$(this)" isn't what you think it is, hence it
doesn't work
but without more code, it's hard to know for sure
On Mar 19, 9:20 am, Martin <martin.ikedia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to grab the child of element in my html (see below)
>
> <th class="name" colspan="4">
>
> <b class='add'> </b>
> </th>
>
> I am trying to use this Jquery Code to grab the "b" child element of
> "th". I want to change the class element for b from "add" to
> "subtraction"
>
> var $selected = $(this).children("th.name");
>
> console.log($selected); /* returns Object length=0 prevObject=Object
> context=th.name */
> console.log($selected.find("b").length); /* returns 0 */
>
> When I try to select b, for obvious reasons the remove and add class
> doesnt work
>
> $selected.find("b").removeClass().addClass("subtraction");
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
>
> Regards
>
> Martin Ikediashi
