Wow fast responses to this group, I am impressed. Thanks. Brandon: Yes I used your second suggestion. The full line binds a click event to hide/show a span $('[EMAIL PROTECTED]').click(function() { $ ('#spnShowHideDemo').toggle(); });
Karl: Yes you may correct about the size of the DOM being a concern. Unforturnetly most of the page is a Usercontrol, which brings me back to the same problem if I were to try to find a container first. Hopefully it will not be too slow to be an issue. On Aug 10, 11:22 am, "Brandon Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could use either of these attribute selectors: > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] an E element whose "foo" attribute value ends exactly > with the string "bar" > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] an E element whose "foo" attribute value contains the > substring "bar" > > So your query would look like this: > > $('[EMAIL PROTECTED]') > > I would add a tag name in the front for a little performance boost: > > $('[EMAIL PROTECTED]') > > You can find more info on those selectors > here:http://docs.jquery.com/DOM/Traversing/Selectors > > -- > Brandon Aaron > > On 8/10/07, David Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Summary: I am new to JQuery. Is it possible to search for a element > > by ID using a wildcard? Something like this where "*" indicates a > > wildcard? > > $('#*btnTest') > > > Background: I develop in ASP.Net. The button in question exist in a > > user control, which when placed on a page modifies the generated input > > id to something like "usercontrol1_btnTest". I could find new id and > > modify the jquerry, but then the jquery code would only work for that > > page. It seems a better design would be to write the script so it was > > not dependant on the name of the page it lives on. > > > I am open to other suggestions as how to make this happen. I have not > > looked at using classes vs IDs, allthough the elements in question are > > already using classes. I have not considered multiple classes > > though. However where I am really going though is binding to a > > specifc (yes/no) radio button options (as genreated by a radio button > > control), so a unique class should not apply to each radio button > > option. > > Thanks.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -