[jQuery] Re: Calling an element tag and the value inside one of it's attributes

2009-05-04 Thread Andy H
For some reason this post disappeared. Can anyone answer this? Thanks! On May 1, 10:01 am, Andy adharb...@gmail.com wrote: This is an odd questions.  I have a huge form with a lot of data. There is a table that data in it I need to display on a print screen (of course this data isn't

[jQuery] Re: Calling an element tag and the value inside one of it's attributes

2009-05-04 Thread Andy H
Here is an actual example. Would anyone know why this isn't working? What I find weird is if I do a single line (alert($(span).attr (printElement));) it works fine. But if I try to use the each() function following it, nothing happens. Any help would be great. Thanks! HTML:

[jQuery] Re: Calling an element tag and the value inside one of it's attributes

2009-05-04 Thread Blaine
You need to read the jquery selector docs at http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeHas#attribute Below is the code that will get your data. $(span[printData]).text(); On May 4, 12:33 pm, Andy H adharb...@gmail.com wrote: For some reason this post disappeared.  Can anyone answer this?

[jQuery] Re: Calling an element tag and the value inside one of it's attributes

2009-05-04 Thread Blaine
Expanding on my example below, with the each function. First final all elements. Then do whatever you want with the element. $(span[printData]).each( function( key, elementRef){ alert( $(elementRef).text() ); }); On May 4, 2:16 pm, Andy H adharb...@gmail.com wrote: Here is an actual example.