It's not saying what you want, instead it's saying :
- $("li") get all li
- .not(":has(ul)") keep only those that don't contain any ul
You might prefer something on the lines of :
$("li").not("ul li")
Which says :
- $("li") get all li
- .not("ul li") don't keep those that have ul for ancestor
Michel Belleville
2009/11/6 karlkras <karlk...@gmail.com>
> Hey,
> So I'm using the starterkit to go through the basics with jQuery and
> had a question on the expected behavior of this function:
> $(document).ready(function() {
> $("li").not(":has(ul)").css("border", "1px solid black");
> });
>
> Isn't this saying:
> Select all <li> elements, if the li element is not contained in an
> <ul> then apply the style.
> If so, then this doesn't appear to be working properly in the
> starterkit.html
> e.g., if I add this to the page:
>
> <ul id="bulletlist">
> <li>First element</li>
> <li>Second element</li>
> <li>Third element</li>
> </ul>
>
> wouldn't the .not be applied to ul and therefore in this case the
> style shouldn't be applied? This isn't what I'm seeing.
>
> thanks,
> K
>
