[jQuery] Re: How to stop change event from firing

2008-10-24 Thread newkid85
No test page, but I did manage to get it working. Turns out I had a line at the start of my updateCity function which was setting the state value back to the first option after the updateState had finished doing its thing. So in fact, the function from my original post works fine now that the stat

[jQuery] Re: How to stop change event from firing

2008-10-23 Thread ricardobeat
This usually works: Colorado Idaho $('#field-state').val('idaho') or $('#field-state option[value=idaho]').attr('selected','selected') or var state = 'idaho'; $('#field-state').find('option[value='+state +']').attr('selected','selected'); could you provide a test page exhibiting your

[jQuery] Re: How to stop change event from firing

2008-10-23 Thread newkid85
Thanks for the tip, ricardo. I've decided to initialise the dropdowns with the existing form values before triggering a click event, but I've run into another problem. I can't seem to set the selected option. I've tried the following with a hardcoded value for state without any luck. $('#field-

[jQuery] Re: How to stop change event from firing

2008-10-17 Thread ricardobeat
You can do $("#field-state").unbind('change'); when it starts being edited and bind the function again when it's done, or you can put everything in the function inside an IF statement which depends on the edit mode. - ricardo On Oct 17, 12:41 pm, newkid85 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a fo