Sorry, I resolved this on my own. The problem was outside of the scope of
the snippet I included; I had bound the method containing that snippet to a
button twice, so it fired once with the elements present, and once with them
removed.
--Kit
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Kit La Touche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First, apologies; I'm a newb to javascript, and have just joined the list.
>
> My problem is this: I have defined a function which allows one to edit the
> fields of a form, as in change the number, names and labels of the text
> inputs. It brings up a div using blockUI, and when you click OK, it takes
> the nice new labels you've given it, and repopulates the form with them.
> The problem is, it only does this sometimes; sometimes it removes all inputs
> and labels from the form.
>
> The relevant code is something like this:
>
> $(obj).children('.levels').children('input, br, label').remove();
> $('#new-levels-form').children('input').each(function(i){
> var name = $(this).val();
> if (name) {
> $(obj).children('.levels').append(
> '<label for="'+name
> +'">'+name
> +': </label><input class="health-level" type="text" maxlength="1"
> name="'+name
> +'" size="1" readonly />'
> );
> }
> });
>
>
> obj is the specific form on the page that I want to update, .levels is a
> div within it that contains the labels and inputs.if there's any more
> information I can provide, I'd be happy to.
>
> So, in summary, sometimes the old inputs and labels are removed, then the
> new ones added, sometimes they're removed, and nothing's added -- or,
> perhaps, they new ones are added, and then they're all removed. I don't
> know quite how to tell.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Kit
>
