Thanks Karl and Olaf. I got 2 methods to work so I feel ready to do the
real code now. Just one question, in the tutorials I saw lines like
q("[EMAIL PROTECTED]'sweets']") where what works here is
q('select[name=sweets]'). When should the @ and quotes be used and when
shouldn't they?
Belinda
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Karl Swedberg wrote:
> Belinda, you can also use the .change() method on the <select> element if you
> want (the part you commented out was just fine). Then you can either get the
> selected option's value like this ...
>
> q(this).text()
>
> or its text like this ...
>
> q(':selected',this).text()
>
> As Olaf mentioned, the real problem was that you were trying to find
> q('input[name=sweets]') when you should have been using
> q('select[name=sweets]')
>
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedberg
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> www.learningjquery.com
>
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Olaf Bosch wrote:
>
>>
>> Belinda M. Giardine schrieb:
>>> I have found this question in the archives and set up a test page based on
>>> the responses I have found. But for me it is not working, the section is
>>> hidden and doesn't reappear no matter what is selected. I have tried
>>> several different browsers. The real task is on a more complex page, I am
>>> just trying to get the simple test to work first.
>>
>> and here the full function:
>>
>> q(document).ready(function(){
>> q("div.subSection").hide();
>> q("option").click (function() {
>> var opt = q(this).text();
>> alert (opt); // delete this row
>> if (opt == "Cookie") {
>> q("div.subSection").show();
>> } else {
>> q("div.subSection").hide();
>> }
>> });
>> });
>>
>>
>> --
>> Viele Gr??e, Olaf
>>
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