The use of jQuery's $("#createNewAccount"). is cross-browser so you
shouldn't worry about IE.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Neilz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this response.
>
> Unfortunately, I am left with the problem that Internet Explorer
> doesn't seem to like the syntax $("#createNewAccount").
>
> It works fine in firefox - any suggestions please?
>
> On Jun 19, 10:33 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi there.
> >
> > Best (or fastest) way to find out if something is in the DOM is to
> > check:
> >
> > if ( $("#createNewAccount").length )
> >
> > If .length is greater than 0 it will exist.
> >
> > So your script can read:
> >
> > $(document).ready(function() {
> > if ( $('#createNewAccount:checked').length || !$
> > ('#createNewAccount').length ){
> > $('div.showHideAccountDetails').show();
> > }else{
> > jQuery('div.showHideAccountDetails').hide();
> > }
> >
> > });
> >
> > Ie, if it finds ( '#createNewAccount' that is checked ) OR ( it can't
> > find any '#createNewAccount' ) { show the div } otherwise { hide it }
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > Hamish
> >
> > On Jun 20, 2:10 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi all. I've done some searching, but being new to this am struggling
> > > to find what I'm after even though I'm sure the answer is simple.
> >
> > > I'm in at the deep end working with a webapp that uses JQuery, I
> > > presume with various plugins for form validation. I have some code as
> > > follows:
> >
> > > jQuery(document).ready(function() {
> >
> > > if ($("#createNewAccount").is(":checked")){
> > > jQuery('div.showHideAccountDetails').show();
> > > }else{
> > > jQuery('div.showHideAccountDetails').hide();
> > > }
> >
> > > }
> >
> > > But in some situations the variable 'createNewAccount' does not exist,
> > > as the form element is not shown on the page. How can I test the
> > > variable first? I'm thinking of something along the lines of:
> >
> > > if ( isDefined ( "#createNewAccount") ) { // continue... }
> >
> > > Many thanks for any help!
>
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Isaak Malik
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