yes, all of what you said is correct.. an alternative way to access a
single dom element would be $("p#thisIsMyParagraph").get(0) (both ways
to access the dom element are correct).. just one advice, it's much
faster to find the element with just the id, without the tag,.. because
when writing the tag, jquery has to look through all the paragraphs to
find the one with the 'thisIsMyParagraph' id..
dennis.
Pogo wrote:
This is the simplest of ideas, but I'm new to jQuery (I probably
shouldn't admit that), and I want to know, when working with the power
of the "$" how does one return a reference. I hope I'm saying this
correctly. Allow me to illustrate:
Let's say one grabs a paragraph with the ID "thisIsMyParagraph"
Using CSS traversing, like thus: $("p#thisIsMyParagraph")
Yes? With me?
Now jQuery provides a whole library to then work with that paragraph.
For example, if I wanted to hide the paragraph, go like thus: $
("p#thisIsMyParagraph").hide();
Correct?
Now, HERE'S THE QUESTION. What if I want to call native functions to
the DOM object behind the scenes. The obvious way is to go: var
element = document.createElement("thisIsMyParagraph");
I understand that one way of doing the same thing in jQuery is to
reference it thus: var element = $("p#thisIsMyParagraph")[0];
IS THIS CORRECT? Is there a more correct way, or is this the only
way?
Just trying to understand. Thanks.
