Hi Liam,
This is the list I'm working with:
<ul>
<li class="nav-path-selected"><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
<li class="nav-path-selected"><a href="#">Link 3</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" class="nav-selected">Link 3a</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 3b</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 3c</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
</ul>
I need to add the class 'nav-selected' to Link 3 so I can highlight it
using the same CSS as used to style Link 3a (the active link in the
example above). As you can see, Link 1 has a class of 'nav-path-
selected', so I need to differentiate between that and Link 3 (hence
why I want to add a 'nav-selected' class to Link 3)
The JQuery I've added to the footer of my page is:
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function() {
// Disabled parent link
$("li ul").siblings("a").click(function(){
return false;
});
$("li a").click(function(){
$(this).parents("ul").parents("li").addClass("nav-selected");
});
});
//]]>
</script>
But nothing is happening...no JS errors in Firebug either - any ideas?
Thanks for your patience,
osu
On Sep 29, 11:07 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm assuming you posted an example list and the real list does contain a
> tags? I'm also assuming you are running that script with a document
> ready handler?
>
> osu wrote:
> > Thanks Liam, but that's not working...
>
> > Not sure why .click is in your example? Am I right in thinking by
> > adding .parents to the end of each tag in your example that you're
> > 'going down' different levels in the unordered list?
>
> > This is what I have:
>
> > $("li a").click(function(){
> > $(this).parents("ul").parents("li").addClass("nav-selected");
> > });
>
> > Any ideas what's going wrong?
>
> > On Sep 29, 10:29 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> $("li a").click(function(){
> >> $(this).parents("ul").parents("li").addClass("className");
>
> >> });
> >> osu wrote:
>
> >>> Hi Ryan,
>
> >>> That only affects the child of theparent.
>
> >>> What I want to do is this:
>
> >>> <ul>
> >>> <li>Link 1</li>
> >>> <li>Link 2 *This is the link I want to add a class to*
> >>> <ul>
> >>> <li>Link 2a</li>
> >>> <li>Link 2b</li> *This is the active link*
> >>> <li>Link 2c</li>
> >>> </ul>
> >>> </li>
> >>> <li>Link 3</li>
> >>> </ul>
>
> >>> Rather than affecting a descendent/child of theparentlink, I need to
> >>> work on the *parentlink* under which the active link is found.
>
> >>> Any ideas?
>
> >>> Thanks,
>
> >>> osu
>
> >>> On Sep 26, 7:48 pm, "ryan.j" <ryan.joyce...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> $('.nav-selected:first')
>
> >>>> On Sep 26, 5:36 pm, osu <onesiz...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Can anyone help with this one please?
>
> >>>>> Thanks,
>
> >>>>> osu
>
> >>>>> On Sep 25, 2:03 pm, osu <onesiz...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>> Thanks Ryan for the alternative,
>
> >>>>>> However, I need to do the following now (see message above your last
> >>>>>> post):
>
> >>>>>> I need to highlight *only* the top-parentitem (the same one I just
> >>>>>> ran 'return false;' on) with the class 'nav-selected'.
>
> >>>>>> Any idea how I could do that?
>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
>
> >>>>>> osu
>
> >>>>>> On Sep 25, 11:13 am, "ryan.j" <ryan.joyce...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> rather than removing the href you could use the preventDefault
> >>>>>>> function, which will leave the href intact should you want to unbind
> >>>>>>> it at a later date.
>
> >>>>>>> usage is something like..
>
> >>>>>>> $('a.submit-button').click(function(e){
> >>>>>>> e.preventDefault();
> >>>>>>> doSubmit( $(this).html() );
>
> >>>>>>> })
>
> >>>>>>> On Sep 24, 5:32 pm, osu <onesiz...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks Andi,
>
> >>>>>>>> Yes, I meant an unordered list as you showed.
>
> >>>>>>>> Rather than remove the <a> tag, is it possible to just 'deactivate'
> >>>>>>>> it? i.e. when you click it, nothing happens, but the <a> tag stays in
> >>>>>>>> place?
>
> >>>>>>>> I ask, because I'd like to keep the CSS as simple as possible.
>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks,
>
> >>>>>>>> osu
>
> >>>>>>>> On Sep 24, 6:05 pm, Andi23 <dowhatyouw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>>> First of all, let's clarify the actual HTML. I assume this is what
> >>>>>>>>> you have:
> >>>>>>>>> <ul>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 3</a>
> >>>>>>>>> <ul>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 3a</a></li>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 3b</a></li>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 3c</a></li>
> >>>>>>>>> </ul>
> >>>>>>>>> </li>
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
> >>>>>>>>> </ul>
>
> >>>>>>>>> When you say "remove the link", I assume you want to turn this:
> >>>>>>>>> <li><a href="#">Link 3</a>
> >>>>>>>>> into this:
> >>>>>>>>> <li>Link 3
>
> >>>>>>>>> Given that, try this jQuery:
> >>>>>>>>> $("li ul").siblings("a").each(function(){
> >>>>>>>>> $(this).replaceWith($(this).html());
>
> >>>>>>>>> });
