The jquery selector has a second parameter 'context': http://docs.jquery.com/Core/jQuery#expressioncontext
such that if defined it will only select what's a descendant of that element. You can also use find(): http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/find#expr By the way, what is ui.item? An object? (Class/ID) String? On Oct 13, 12:49 am, Matt <guitarroman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Writing a sortable list function. > > My <li> elements contain several items (headings, paragraphs etc) and > I want to add a class to the headings when they've been sorted. > > I have this code in my sortable init: > > receive: function(event, ui) { > $(ui.item).addClass('editable'); > }, > > This adds class="editable" to my newly-sorted <li> element - cool. > What I want, though, is to add this class to the <h3> within my <li>. > I tried: > > receive: function(event, ui) { > $(ui.item + ' h3').addClass('editable'); > }, > > but this just gave a syntax error. > > Is there a way to do this? > > Thanks, > Matt
