If you only want the child elements for a particular element, use this:
<div id="whatever">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="#"></a>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
Use this:
$$('#whatever ol')
.....then, just use whatever enumerable you need to cycle through them.
On the flip-side, you can do it the way you wanted to, also
$('whatever').select('ol')
....each should give you an array of the same elements.....
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Michael T. Wescoat <wesc...@cruzio.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At first blush, it appears that the use of $$() might be problematic. I was
> expecting to see something with Element.select(), which is described this
> way in prototype-160-api.pdf: "This method is very similar to $$() but can
> be used within the context of one element, rather than the whole document."
> Perhaps dropdown.select('ol') would yield the right set of elements?
>
> all the best,
> mtw
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:43 AM, huckocs wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>>
>> getting stuck with scope, I'm a bit new to javascript so would
>> appreciate the help!
>>
>> I'm attempting to loop through each <div class="ddBox"> and get the
>> highest <ol> in each <div class="ddBox">, then set the height of the
>> <div class="ddBox"> to the highest <ol>. The problem is that its
>> looping through and getting the highest <ol> in the window.object and
>> applying this to each div. I'm sure its something simple but I'm
>> banging my head on the table here!
>>
>> I've looked into binding but can't seem to get it right :(
>>
>> <div class="ddBox">
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> </div>
>> <div class="ddBox">
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> </div>
>> <div class="ddBox">
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> <ol>
>> <li>
>> <a href="#"></a>
>> </li>
>> </ol>
>> </div>
>>
>> $$('.ddBox').each(function(dropdown){
>> var ddHeight = $$('ol', this);
>> var ddBoxHeight = $$('.ddBox');
>> var max_height = ddHeight.invoke('getHeight').max();
>> ddBoxHeight.invoke('setStyle', {height: (max_height) + 'px'});
>> console.log(max_height);
>> },this);
>>
>> Any help appreciated!
>> Cheers
>>
>> Huck
>>
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