Actually you can have anything inside an LI, I've used that structure many times. LIs are a kind of limited block level element, limited in the sense that their parent has to be an OL or a UL.
DTs are inline elements, perhaps that's what you were thinking? Karl Rudd On 8/7/07, John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can't have a table and h4 inside of an LI - they're both > block-level elements, so browsers automatically push them outside of > the LI (meaning that you can't find them. You'll have to use some > other markup structure in order to handle that. > > --John > > On 8/6/07, Dan Eastwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Dan Eastwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Aug 3, 2007 4:40 PM > > Subject: DOM traversing problem. > > To: jQuery Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Given this html within a form: > > > > <li> <!-- Children --> > > <h4><a > > href="#Summary002">Emily</a><span>£12.50</span></h4> > > <table id="Summary002" summary=""> > > <tr class="accessibility"> > > <th scope="col">Title</th> > > <th scope="col">Quantity</th> > > <th scope="col">Free Quantity</th> > > <th scope="col">Cost</th> > > <th scope="col">Remove</th> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Book and the order of...</td> > > <td> > > <input type="text" class="text" > > id="Item004_qty" name="paid_qty" value="3" size="3" /> > > <input type='hidden' > > name='order_detail_id' value='6213734' /> > > <input type='hidden' > > name='child_id' value='423761' /> > > </td> > > <td> > > <input type="text" class="text" > > id="Item004_free_qty" name="free_qty" value="4" size="3" /> > > </td> > > <td class="currency">£<span > > class="price">3.50</span></td> > > <td><input type="image" > > id="Item004_remove" src="images/buttons/remove.gif" /></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Book and the order of...</td> > > <td> > > <input type="text" class="text" > > id="Item005_qty" name="paid_qty" value="2" size="3" /> > > <input type='hidden' > > name='order_detail_id' value='6213735' /> > > <input type='hidden' > > name='child_id' value='423761' /> > > </td> > > <td> > > <input type="text" class="text" > > id="Item005_free_qty" name="free_qty" value="5" size="3" /> > > </td> > > <td class="currency">£<span > > class="price">3.50</span></td> > > <td><input type="image" > > id="Item005_remove" src="images/buttons/remove.gif" /></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Book and the order of...</td> > > <td> > > <input type="text" class="text" > > id="Item006_qty" name="paid_qty" value="1" size="3" /> > > <input type='hidden' > > name='order_detail_id' value='6213736' /> > > <input type='hidden' > > name='child_id' value='423761' /> > > </td> > > <td> > > <input type="text" class="text" > > id="Item006_free_qty" name="free_qty" value="3" size="3" /> > > </td> > > <td class="currency">£<span > > class="price">3.50</span></td> > > <td><input type="image" > > id="Item006_remove" src="images/buttons/remove.gif" /></td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > </li> > > > > I've found the child from the child_id > > > > function getCurrentTotal(child_id){ > > var sum = 0; > > > > if(child_id){ > > > > $("ul.orders-sumary li li [EMAIL PROTECTED]").each( function(){ > > // child in the form > > > > if(this.value == child_id){ // this is the child we're looking > > for - this works > > > > $(this).parents("li").children("tr").each( > > function(){ // row in the child's order > > var paid_qty = $(this).children("td > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]").val(); // get the value in the input with > > name="paid" > > var price = $(this).children("td span.price").text(); // > > get the text in the span class="price" > > sum += paid_qty * price; // multiply them together and > > add them to the total > > console.log("sum: " + sum); > > }); > > return false; > > } > > }); > > } > > return sum; > > } > > > > The thing I'm trying to do is to get a total for all the price * paid_qty > > from the data in the form. > > > > I can't seem to get these values from the form, for the child I've found. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dan. > > > > > > > > -- > > Daniel Eastwell > > > > Portfolio and articles: > > http://www.thoughtballoon.co.uk > > > > Blog: > > http://www.thoughtballoon.co.uk/blog > > > > -- > > Daniel Eastwell > > > > Portfolio and articles: > > http://www.thoughtballoon.co.uk > > > > Blog: > > http://www.thoughtballoon.co.uk/blog >