[jQuery] Re: .contents() not meeting its contract?

[brian]

Remove the .not([nodeType=1]). It's the anchor that is being
wrapped, not 'John'.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM, David david.kar...@gmail.com wrote:

 According to the documentation, .contents() should Find all the child
 nodes inside the matched elements (including text nodes).  However,
 in the example given there, when the jquery
$(p).contents().not([nodeType=1]).wrap(b/)
 is applied to the content
pHello a href=http://ejohn.org/;John/a, how are you doing?/
 p
 only the text John is made bold---in other words, jquery is failing
 to select the text nodes containing Hello and , how are you doing

 Since I would very much like to be able to select the text nodes, can
 someone explain what is going on here?

 Thanks
 David

[jQuery] Re: .contents() not meeting its contract?

[John Resig]

.not() and .filter() don't work against text nodes (they're
immediately removed). If you wish to just get the text nodes you can
do:

  $(p).contents().filter(function(){ return this.nodeType !== 1; })

Although, it sounds like you're trying to do this instead:

  $(p).wrapInner(b/b);

--John



On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM, David david.kar...@gmail.com wrote:

 According to the documentation, .contents() should Find all the child
 nodes inside the matched elements (including text nodes).  However,
 in the example given there, when the jquery
$(p).contents().not([nodeType=1]).wrap(b/)
 is applied to the content
pHello a href=http://ejohn.org/;John/a, how are you doing?/
 p
 only the text John is made bold---in other words, jquery is failing
 to select the text nodes containing Hello and , how are you doing

 Since I would very much like to be able to select the text nodes, can
 someone explain what is going on here?

 Thanks
 David

[jQuery] Re: .contents() not meeting its contract?

[David]

I'm a little confused; you've said .filter() doesn't work against
text nodes (they're immediately removed) but then you suggest
accessing text nodes by using .filter?

On Feb 20, 11:39 am, John Resig jere...@gmail.com wrote:
 .not() and .filter() don't work against text nodes (they're
 immediately removed). If you wish to just get the text nodes you can
 do:

   $(p).contents().filter(function(){ return this.nodeType !== 1; })

 Although, it sounds like you're trying to do this instead:

   $(p).wrapInner(b/b);

 --John

 On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM, David david.kar...@gmail.com wrote:

  According to the documentation, .contents() should Find all the child
  nodes inside the matched elements (including text nodes).  However,
  in the example given there, when the jquery
     $(p).contents().not([nodeType=1]).wrap(b/)
  is applied to the content
     pHello a href=http://ejohn.org/;John/a, how are you doing?/
  p
  only the text John is made bold---in other words, jquery is failing
  to select the text nodes containing Hello and , how are you doing

  Since I would very much like to be able to select the text nodes, can
  someone explain what is going on here?

  Thanks
  David