I'm trying to avoid classes and ids if possible. If I have to use them I won't really need jQuery.
What about something like var six = $("div > p::nth-child(6) and then for (i=0; i<six.length; i++) { if (six.item(i).textNode) == "_ _ ") { six.item(i).style.color = "red" } ? On Jan 6, 3:04 am, brian <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote: > CSS only operates on tagged elements. You'll have to wrap the text > node in a span (with a certain class, for example). > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:00 AM, bundy <ctil...@hinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi, I'm new to jQuery, finding feet. > > > I want to be able to say, "if the text node of a certain child > > consists of certain string, do this with its css". > > > Gotten as far as changing the css of all the children, thus: > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > $("div > p::nth-child(6).css("color", "red"); > > }); > > > but > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > $("div > p::nth-child(6).textNode("_ _").css("color", "red"); > > }); > > doesn't do it. Nor does textNode=... > > > Second question, Firefox error console isn't muchhelp in interpreting > > the error. Any suggestion for debugging?