> #save-search// select an element with id=save-search
>:not( // as long as the following is not found:
> [ // descendent elements containing
> div // a div
>.error-message// with class error-me
Excellent, Dave. Your explanation is much appreciated. I'd tried something
similar in my 'period of frustration', but didn't know about the []'s
denoting descendents.
dave.methvin wrote:
>
>> What I'm trying to achieve is the element with id="save-search" only
>> gets hidden if it does not co
> What I'm trying to achieve is the element with id="save-search" only
> gets hidden if it does not contain a div with the class="error-message"
How about this?
$("#save-search:not([div.error-message])").hide();
It actually reads very much like the sentence above, once you know what all
the sy
Thanks Mike. Have to admit to a fatal flaw in my logic (that a nothing select
would return nothing), but I'm still *extremely* impressed with JQuery (just
not with myself)
malsup wrote:
>
>> $(document).ready(function() {
>> if (!$("#save-search div.error-message")) $("#save-search").hide();
Thank you Karl - much appreciated the explanation. I (wrongly) assumed a
select of nothing would return false or null, not an empty quacking array...
Karl Rudd wrote:
>
> jQuery objects are collections of objects and "quack"* (act) like
> Array objects. So you could do this:
>
> $(document).re
> $(document).ready(function() {
> if (!$("#save-search div.error-message")) $("#save-search").hide();
> });
>
> Would it be possible to let me know not just how to get this to work, but
> also where I'm going wrong?
Your test will never fail because $(..) always returns an object which
does no
jQuery objects are collections of objects and "quack"* (act) like
Array objects. So you could do this:
$(document).ready(function() {
if ( $("#save-search div.error-message").length == 0 )
$("#save-search").hide();
});
Karl Rudd
* A slightly obscure reference to Duck Typing -
http://en.wikipedi
Hi
I thought I was getting the hang of JQuery until I tried to optionally not
select an element
What I'm trying to achieve is the element with id="save-search" only gets
hidden if it does not contain a div with the class="error-message"
This is what I thought it should be, but it doesn't ha
