Was just reading another post "Trying to show a div on mouseover of
menu item... " and pointed me to the solution
The answer:
if ($(this).parent().next().is(':hidden'))
On Jan 13, 11:03 am, Brad Hile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> I have a simple accordion menu and would like to prevent the already
> open dd from being closed and reopened when clicked on.
>
> eg.
>
> $("#menu dt a").click(function(){
> // only activate if dd is hidden so currently active block is not
> reopened
> if(hidden???) { $("#menu dd:visible").slideUp("slow"); }
> $(this).parent().next().slideDown("slow").addClass("open");
> return false;
>
> });
>
> Can anyone suggest how to test the state of the current element
> I'm guessing $(this).parent().next().something? but don't know how to
> get its current state
>
> thanks
> Brad
