heh, I took so long writing my reply, a bunch of other people replied in the mean time. Anyways, I suggest you use firebug (console.time/console.timeEnd) to see how long each version takes.
--Erik On 8/21/07, Erik Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You do a lot of repetitive selecting. Something like this might help > (untested): > > $('td [EMAIL PROTECTED]').filter('[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]') > .after('<img src="images/buttons/button_minus.gif" alt="-" /><img > src="images/buttons/button_plus.gif" alt="+" />') > .next().bind("click", function() { > var $qty_field = $(this).siblings('[EMAIL PROTECTED]'); > if ($qty_field.val() > 0 ) { > $qty_field.val($qty_field.val()-1); > } > }) > .next().bind("click", function() { > var $qty_field = $(this).siblings('[EMAIL PROTECTED]'); > $qty_field.val($qty_field.val()+1); > }); > $("table.summarytable tr:even").addClass("odd"); > > I removed the increment/decrement classes from the images to make the code > more readable and because I'm not using them for selection anymore. If you > need them there for styling or something, just add them back. > > Also, here's another version that may or may not be faster: > > $('td [EMAIL PROTECTED]').filter('[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]') > .after('<img src="images/buttons/button_minus.gif" alt="-" /><img > src="images/buttons/button_plus.gif" alt="+" />') > .each(function() { > var $qty_field = $(this); > $qty_field.siblings('img').bind('click', function() { > if(this.alt == '+') { > $qty_field.val($qty_field.val()+1); > } else if(this.alt == '-') { > if ($qty_field.val() > 0 ) { > $qty_field.val($qty_field.val()-1); > } > } > }); > }); > $("table.summarytable tr:even").addClass("odd"); > > Good luck with it. > > --Erik > > > On 8/21/07, Dan Eastwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm doing an order form for a bookstore. The order form has over 500 > > items in it, so jquery runs slowly. > > > > There is no way I can change the number of items, it's a given and a > > piece of business 'logic'. > > > > The jquery I have comprises four simple functions to add > > increment/decrement buttons to the order form to increase quantities, > > and a jquery addClass call to add pajama/zebra stripes to the table. > > There are two quantity fields (again for business reasons), so that's > > over a 1000 items. > > > > http://test2.danieleastwell.co.uk/test2/master_order_test.html > > > > The problem is it causes a 'script hanging' error IE7 on, I'm > > guessing, slower machines (not mine), and takes ~10secs in Firefox2 > > (with firebug/validation tools) to load. > > > > Is there any way I can optimize this to load any more quickly, or do I > > need to give up on scripting to add the items and their functionality? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Dan. > > > > $(document).ready(function() { > > > > addPlusMinus("td [EMAIL PROTECTED]@type=text]"); > > addPlusMinus("td [EMAIL PROTECTED]@type=text]"); > > increment("#order_form img.increment"); > > decrement("#order_form img.decrement"); > > $("table.summarytable tr:even").addClass("odd"); > > > > }); > > > > function addPlusMinus(input_text){ > > $(input_text).each( function(){ > > $(this).after("<img > src='images/buttons/button_minus.gif' alt='-' > > class=\"decrement\" /><img src='images/buttons/button_plus.gif' > > alt='+' class=\"increment\" />"); > > }); > > } > > > > function increment(image_button) { > > $(image_button).bind("click", function() { > > qty_field = > $(this).parent("td").find("[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); > > var numValue = $(qty_field).val(); > > numValue++; > > $(qty_field).val(numValue); > > }); > > } > > function decrement(image_button) { > > $(image_button).bind("click", function() { > > qty_field = > $(this).parent("td").find("[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); > > var numValue = $(qty_field).val(); > > if (numValue > 0 ) { > > numValue--; > > } > > $(qty_field).val(numValue); > > }); > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Daniel Eastwell > > > > Portfolio and articles: > > http://www.thoughtballoon.co.uk > > > > Blog: > > http://www.thoughtballoon.co.uk/blog > > >