That is very interesting, can you explain it a bit. I can't find any
documentation on jQuery.expr[":"] -- I can find it in the code but
don't really understand what/how it does/works. jQuery.expr[":"] =
jQuery.expr.filters; but now I'm really lost.
On Apr 24, 6:13 pm, mkmanning <michaell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can always create your own selector:
> jQuery.extend(jQuery.expr[':'], {
> 'values': function(a,i,m) {
> return a.value && $.inArray(a.value,m[3].split(','))!=-1;
> }
>
> });
>
> Use like:
> $('input[name=fooA]:values(foo1,foo4)');
>
> On this markup it returns the first and last inputs:
> <input type="text" name="fooA" value="foo1" />
> <input type="text" name="fooB" value="foo2" />
> <input type="text" name="fooA" value="foo3" />
> <input type="text" name="fooB" value="foo4" />
> <input type="text" name="fooA" value="foo4" />
>
> On Apr 24, 4:22 pm, machineghost <machinegh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I already know that you can combine multiple attribute selectors, &&-
> > style, by doing:
> > $("*[name='someName'][value='someValue']");
>
> > However, what I was wondering is, is there any way to combine multiple
> > attribute selectors, ||-style, such that I could select:
> > $("*[name='someName'][value='someValue']").add("*[name='someName']
> > [value='someOtherValue']");
> > with a single select? I'm imagining a syntax of something like:
> > $("*[name='someName'][value='someValue'||'someOtherValue']");
> > (but, obviously, that syntax doesn't work).
>
> > The repetition of "[name='someName']" seems unnecessary to me, but I
> > can't figure out any way to get around it without an "or value=" type
> > selector. Any help would be appreciated (even if it's just "no you
> > can't do that, go bug the developers" ;-)).
>
> > Jeremy
