Thank you Karl - worked like a charm
On Apr 13, 1:13 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Probably the easiest way -- provided that the group of inputs is
> always contained within a paragraph -- is to do this:
>
> $(this).parents('p').find('input.required.spell').val(newText);
>
> The .prev() method selects the immediately previous sibling element.
> Your radio buttons have no siblings other than each other (and text
> nodes, which aren't included in jQuery selectors).
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
> On Apr 13, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Up-Works wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have this block of HTML:
> > <snip>
> > <p>
> > <label for="playerName">Player Name: </label>
> > <input type="text" name="playerName-0" class="required spell"
> > minlength="2"/>
> > <span class="spellResponse">
> > <br/> Did you mean: <span
> > style="color:#295DAD;"><em><strong><span class="correctWord">Robert</
> > span></strong></em> Yes: <input type="radio" value="Y" class="spellQ"
> > name="spellQ"> No: <input type="radio" value="N" class="spellQ"
> > name="spellQ"></span><br/></span>
> > </p>
> > </snip>
>
> > I am using a click function on the input.spellQ that if value==Y it
> > grabs the text() from span.corretWord and places it in the previous
> > input.required.spell.
>
> > I am having trouble selecting the previous input.required spell.
>
> > Here is what I have for the funtion:
>
> > $('.spellQ').livequery('click',function() {
> > var qValue = $(this).val();
> > if(qValue == 'Y') {
> > var newText = $('span.correctWord').text();
> > var field = $('input.spell');
> > //This line below does not work :-(
> > $(this).prev(field).val(newText);
> > //console.log(newText);
> > //console.log(field);
> > }
> > });
>
> > Thank you in advance for suggestions or assistance.
