Use find()?
The children() function (should) return "unique immediate children"
which won't get you your second level divs in a single call from the
#obj level, no matter what selector you use.
eg...
var obj = $("#obj");
obj.find(">.obj_level1>.obj_level2").attr( "id", "Bob" );
On Jan 15, 6:03 am, Mark Lacas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to set the id of a 2nd level obj selected by class and it
> doesn't seem to work as I thought it would.
>
> Unfortunately all of the level one objects get the id assignment, not
> the level two object.
>
> Here it is before I do the operation:
>
> <div id="obj">
> <div class="obj_level1">
> <div class="obj_level2"></div>
> </div>
> <div class="obj_level1.1"></div>
> </div>
>
> Then I do this:
>
> var obj = $("#obj");
> //bunch of code
> obj.children(".obj_level1 > .obj_level2").attr( "id", "Bob" );
>
> It ends up like this:
>
> <div id="obj">
> <div id="Bob" class="obj_level1">
> <div class="obj_level2"></div>
> </div>
> <div id="Bob" class="obj_level1.1"></div>
> </div>
>
> Note the two divs with the same id. . .
>
> Do I have to use:
>
> obj.children(".obj_level1").children(".obj_level2").attr( "id",
> "Bob" );
>
> Originally I was using:
>
> $("#obj > .obj_level1 > .obj_level2").attr( "id", "Bob" );
>
> And that worked ok, but I needed the object in a variable as I and
> using it repeatedly and didn't want to dereference it every time I use
> it, for speed's sake.
>
> Any thoughts as to the correct syntax to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> ml
