The string "#aller" is called a selector - meaning it selects elements from
the DOM.
Whilst the ID (#) selector will only ever return at most 1 element, other
selectors can return more than 1, for example:
$(".my_class")
will return all elements with a CSS class of "my_class".
The returned object is a jQuery object, which contains, amongst other things
(such as functions) the DOM elements found.
The DOM elements are accessible individually via array element access with
integer index, so $("#aller")[0] will give you the first DOM element found
with ID of "aller".
--rob
On 7/2/07, debussy007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have everything working now, thank u very much for your kind help.
Though I do not understand the array $("#aller")[0]
what are in the next indexes $("#aller")[1], $("#aller")[2], ... ?
Rob Desbois-2 wrote:
>
> Hi, the syntax you need for selecting by ID is this:
>
>> $("#identifier")
>>
> so to find the element with ID 'aller' you want:
>
>> $("#aller")
>
>
>
> Bear in mind that the $() function does not return a DOM object, it
> returns
> a jQuery object.
> If you want to access a DOM property such as selectedIndex, you will
need
> to
> retrieve the DOM object like this:
>
>> alert($("#aller")[0].selectedIndex);
>>
>
> Remember also that that line will generate an error if there is no
element
> found with ID 'aller'.
>
> I hope that explains it for you :-)
> --rob
>
>
> On 7/2/07, debussy007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to access my SELECT element with jQuery but I can't make it
>> working :
>>
>> This works :
>> alert(document.getElementById('aller')); //
>> [object]
>> var sel = document.getElementById('aller');
>> alert(sel.selectedIndex); // 0
>> This not working :
>> alert($(document.aller)); // [object Object]
>> alert($(document.aller).selectedIndex); // undefined
>>
>> Could anyone help me ?
>>
>> Thank u for any comment.
>>
>>
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>
>
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