[jQuery] Re: problem with :contains in 'td'

On Dec 20, 10:31 pm, chinnak chinnakarup...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks a lot ricardo..         $(':contains(History)','tr').css(background-color,red); (WORKS) One thing I understood was :contains uses the context to search in it children.not in the same element.becoz when I use 'td' as the

[jQuery] Re: problem with :contains in 'td'

Also I am not sure what is being passed in the filter .I assume it to be the TD element right now can somebody correct me or tell me what is happening.I want the 'History' cells to be red THnks On Dec 20, 1:43 pm, chinnakarup...@gmail.com chinnakarup...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying

[jQuery] Re: problem with :contains in 'td'

Or rather the question should be can the :contains selector have a context for its search..and if I make the 'this' to be it will it work. On Dec 20, 1:43 pm, chinnakarup...@gmail.com chinnakarup...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to match the content in 'td' and think the problem

[jQuery] Re: problem with :contains in 'td'

$('tr:contains(Comedy)') and $(':contains(Comedy)','tr') are not the same. When using tr as a context, you're searching it's children (the tds). So if you pass td as a context, the search will happen on it's children (which are none in your page). You need $('td:contains(Comedy)') or to

[jQuery] Re: problem with :contains in 'td'

Thanks a lot ricardo.. $(':contains(History)','tr').css(background-color,red); (WORKS) One thing I understood was :contains uses the context to search in it children.not in the same element.becoz when I use 'td' as the context td has the text 'History' in it that I am looking for. Is