Well it would work if a bit complicated and probably a pain to maintain. If
there wouldn't be any other select named like your second select, I'd rather
select it by its name if I were you. Or perhaps give these specific select a
common ancestor and select it using this common ancestor as reference.
Michel Belleville
2009/12/4 TMNT <tmand...@gmail.com>
> Michel, thanks for your response.
> So, do I need to get the parent of my country element (which would be
> the div ) & get all it's siblings and then look for elements with
> class 'state' or is there a simpler way?
>
>
> On Dec 4, 12:47 am, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > That's easy, .next() finds the nearer next *sibling* of current element
> > matching the selector. In your case, your element is not current
> element's
> > sibling, it's under another node altogether.
> >
> > <div>
> > <span class="me">hey, it's me !!</span>
> > <span>and I'm his sibling</span>
> > <a>and I am too</a>
> > <p>
> > <span>though I am not because I'm not the direct child of the same direct
> > parent</span>
> > </p>
> > </div>
> > <div>
> > <a>neither am I, I'm also in another parent, the fact that I'm on the
> same
> > indentation level is not enough to make me directly related to this "
> span.me"
> > guy</a>
> > </div>
> >
> > Hope it helps.
> >
> > Michel Belleville
> >
> > 2009/12/4 TMNT <tmand...@gmail.com>
> >
> > > Thank you jpcozart. here's part of my html:
> >
> > > <div class="form-item" id="edit-question-900-wrapper">
> > > <label for="edit-question-900">Country of ED Submitter <span
> > > class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span>: </
> > > label>
> > > <select name="question_900" class="form-select country"
> > > disabled="disabled" id="edit-question-900" ><option value="">-- Select
> > > country --</option><option value="1039" selected="selected">Canada</
> > > option><option value="1111">Kazakhstan</option><option
> > > value="1177">Russian Federation</option><option
> > > value="1191">Singapore</option><option value="1193">Slovenia</
> > > option><option value="1196">South Africa</option><option
> > > value="1228">United States</option></select>
> > > </div>
> > > <div class="form-item" id="edit-question-898-wrapper">
> > > <label for="edit-question-898">State or Region of ED Submitter <span
> > > class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span>: </
> > > label>
> > > <select name="question_898" class="form-select state"
> > > disabled="disabled" id="edit-question-898" ><option value="">-- Select
> > > one --</option><option value="1100" selected="selected">Alberta</
> > > option><option value="1101">British Columbia</option><option
> > > value="1102">Manitoba</option><option value="1103">New Brunswick</
> > > option><option value="1104">Newfoundland and Labrador</option><option
> > > value="1105">Northwest Territories</option><option value="1106">Nova
> > > Scotia</option><option value="1107">Nunavut</option><option
> > > value="1108">Ontario</option><option value="1109">Prince Edward
> > > Island</option><option value="1110">Quebec</option><option
> > > value="1111">Saskatchewan</option><option value="1112">Yukon
> > > Territory</option></select>
> > > </div>
> >
> > > On Dec 3, 2:24 pm, jpcozart <jeremy.coz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I would have to see the structure of the document to know where the
> > > > problem lies. It seems as though
> >
> > > > country.next("select.state");
> >
> > > > is not returning the node you are looking for.
> >
> > > > On Dec 3, 1:07 pm, TMNT <tmand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Matt, thanks for your response.
> >
> > > > > I had originally posted this on jquery-dev group but was referred
> to
> > > > > this group.
> > > > > How do I access the id of the jquery object returned from the
> next()
> > > > > function?
> > > > > I tried Matt's suggestion below but I get an 'undefined' when I
> alert
> > > > > state.attr('id').
> > > > > thank you.
> >
> > > > > From: Matt Maxwell <leftwithoutli...@gmail.com>
> > > > > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:28:48 -0600
> > > > > Local: Thurs, Dec 3 2009 3:28 am
> > > > > Subject: Re: [jquery-dev] Re: next()
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> > > > > I would do something like
> >
> > > > > $("select.country").change(function () {
> > > > > var country = $(this),
> > > > > country_id = country.attr("id"),
> > > > > state = country.next("select.state");
> >
> > > > > });
> >
> > > > > state isn't the DOM element, it's the jQuery object, so you'd have
> to
> > > > > go
> > > > > alert(state.attr("id"));
> >
> > > > > Hope this helps.
> >
> > > > > Also, I agree with Dave, this isn't the place for this kind of
> > > > > question.
> >
> > > > > - Hide quoted text -
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> > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Dave Methvin <
> dave.meth...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > The jQuery-en group is a better fit for this question. This group
> is
> > > > > > for the discussion of the development of jQuery itself.
> > > > > > --
>
