Adding the expr just filters the matched elements further. Try .nextAll
('select').
On Mar 29, 2:42 am, Dunc <duncan.we...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm building cascading selects, but because they could come from
> mulitple locations within the HTML, I need to capture the ID of the
> parent select (easy enough) and the child select.
>
> This correctly displays the parent select:
> var ddlSource = this.id;
> alert(ddlSource);
>
> This enumerates all siblings, including the child select:
> var x = $("#" + this.id).siblings();
> alert (x.length);
> for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
> alert(x[i].id);
>
> }
>
> However, I cannot manage to display the next select within the same
> <td> using the next(expr) statement. My code has changed a thousand
> times, but currently looks like:
>
> Doesn't work:
> var ddlTarget = $("#" + ddlSource.id).next('select');
> alert(ddlTarget.id);
>
> The HTML is really simple:
> <table class="form">
> <tr>
> <td class="label" width="200">Category*</td>
> <td>
> <select name="ctl00$cphMain$repSkills
> $ctl00$ddlSkillCategory_ID"
> id="ctl00_cphMain_repSkills_ctl00_ddlSkillCategory_ID"
> class="SkillCategory">
> <option value="-1">Skill or Service</option>
> <option value="150">--Other</option>
> </select>
> <span id="ctl00_cphMain_repSkills_ctl00_spanSkillError"
> style="display:none;"></span>
> <br />
> <select name="ctl00$cphMain$repSkills
> $ctl00$ddlSkillSubCategory_ID"
> id="ctl00_cphMain_repSkills_ctl00_ddlSkillSubCategory_ID"
> style="display:none;">
> </select>
> <span id="ctl00_cphMain_repSkills_ctl00_spanSubSkillError"
> style="display:none;"></span>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> Why does the siblings()[4] return my child dropdown, whereas next
> ('select') doesn't? I'm aware that next only gets the very next item,
> but according to the docs adding an expression should make it jump to
> the next sibling of that type.
>
> Note, I've also tried logic down the route of:
> alert($(this).siblings('~ select').id);
> ...but with no luck
>
> I'm sure this is just me missing something really simple, but can
> someone please steer me down the right path?
