Thanks, Niphlod, that is very helpful.. I think I'm on the right track now!
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Niphlod <niph...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1st rule: never, never, never use inline javascript. > 2nd rule: start with console.log() and an open debugger (firebug, chrome > developer tools, etc) > 3rd rule: use the quotes! you are terribly wrong with those > 3rd rule: simplify the code, then expand. > > $('#div2 button').on('click', function() { > console.log($("input[name^='something'")) > }) > > > On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:14:41 PM UTC+2, Jordan Ladora wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to make a button that will check some boxes in a form based on >> the checkboxes' name attributes. >> >> But I can't get this to work- >> <div id='div2'> >> <button onclick="event.preventDefault();jQuery('input[name^=' >> somecheckbox']').each(function(k){jQuery(this).prop('checked', >> false);});">Deselect All</button> >> </div> >> >> I'm basing it off http://api.jquery.com/attribute-starts-with-selector/ >> >> I've tried a few different things but cannot get it to do anything good.. >> >> Thanks for any pointers, >> -jl >> >> -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/oZ_u_XPbEys/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.