[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Richard D. Worth
On 8/3/07, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Was I misinformed or is the is(); used only with CSS? If not, > is("click"); should evaluate when click() is clicked. > > Frank > > I don't know that "used only with CSS" is the way I'd put it, but you're on the right track. The is(expr) function a

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Frank
Was I misinformed or is the is(); used only with CSS? If not, is("click"); should evaluate when click() is clicked. Frank On Aug 3, 2:12 pm, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pete wrote: > > I guess I'm still not getting "else" out of this. I thought I had it > > figured out > > > I thi

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Klaus Hartl
Pete wrote: I guess I'm still not getting "else" out of this. I thought I had it figured out I think what's confusing to me as a n00b is that "if" does not seem to be closed. How would I accomplish an else condition? I highly recommend to make yourself familiar with JavaScript control str

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Pete
PERFECT! That helps me out quite a bit since I didn't really know the syntax on JQuery conditional statements. On Aug 3, 10:26 am, spinnach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try it like this, .is() returns true or false so you have to use it in > an if statement: > > $("a.saveConfig").click(function(

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Pete
Sorry... I figured it out fairly easily. Still learning over here. Thanks for the help! On Aug 3, 10:57 am, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, is() method returns true/false. This is one of the few methods which > doesnt return a jquery object because it makes more sense to re

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Pete
I'm still confused about one thing though. How does the else portion work? Sorry for being such a noob, but I haven't been able to find the syntax using "IS" as an if statment through Jquery. On Aug 3, 10:57 am, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, is() method returns true/fal

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Pete
I guess I'm still not getting "else" out of this. I thought I had it figured out I think what's confusing to me as a n00b is that "if" does not seem to be closed. How would I accomplish an else condition? On Aug 3, 11:27 am, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pete wrote: > > I'm trying t

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Klaus Hartl
Pete wrote: I'm trying to create a link that when clicked will produce an alert if there are any visible divs (all .detail divs are hidden by default). I have the following function but it doesn't seem I'm doing it correctly; nothing happens regardless of the visibility status of the divs. $("a

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread Ganeshji Marwaha
Yes, is() method returns true/false. This is one of the few methods which doesnt return a jquery object because it makes more sense to return boolean. -GTG On 8/3/07, spinnach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > try it like this, .is() returns true or false so you have to use it in > an if statemen

[jQuery] Re: IS condition true like an if statement?

2007-08-03 Thread spinnach
try it like this, .is() returns true or false so you have to use it in an if statement: $("a.saveConfig").click(function() { if ($('div.detail').is(':visible')) alert('Hey this works'); }); dennis. Pete wrote: I'm trying to create a link that when clicked will produce an alert if there ar