Sorry I got cut off.
Using sDumper( $(this).parents('form') ); to dump the result visually
I can see that length = 0, and there is only one parent object - tagName =
'IMG'
So to me at least it doesnt look like its doing what it should?
Any further help would be great - thanks!
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks chaps, there is no nesting of forms, I know thats invalid. Here is
> what the code looks like
>
> <form name="SearchForm" id="SearchForm"
> action="admin_ecom_product.cfm?Stage=ViewProduct" method="get"
> onsubmit="return _CF_checkSearchForm(this)">
>
> <table> <tr class="headerrow">
> <td colspan="12">
>
> <h1>Shop > Active Products </h1>
> <p><img
> src="/media/pics/site/excel.jpg" name="downloadToExcel"
> id="downloadToExcel"><input name="Export" id="Export" type="hidden"
> value="0" /></p>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
> <!-- other form elements -->
> <tr><td>
> <nobr><input type="image" name="actButton" src="/media/pics/cms/display.gif"
> width="62" height="16" alt="Display" class="xButton"/></nobr>
>
> <nobr><input type="image"
> src="/media/pics/cms/showall.gif" width="62" height="16" alt="Show All"
> class="xButton" onclick="ResetSearch();document.SearchForm.ShowAll.value=1;"/>
>
> <input type="image"
> src="/media/pics/cms/reset.gif" width="62" height="16" alt="Reset"
> class="xButton" onclick="ResetSearch();document.SearchForm.ShowAll.value=0;"/>
>
> </nobr>
>
> <input type="hidden"
> name="PageProductStatus" value="Active">
>
> <input type="hidden"
> name="ShowAll" value="1">
>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table
> </form>
>
> Now in my js I have:
> $().ready(function() {
> $("#downloadToExcel").click(function(){
> $("#Export").val(1);
> alert( $(this).parents('form').attr('id'));//returns undefined
> alert( $(this).parents('form').eq(0).attr('id') );//returns undefined
> });
> $(".xButton").click(function(){
> $("#Export").val(0);
> });
> });
>
> Using sDumper( $(this).parents('form') );
>
> I can see that length = 0,
>
> Does it make a difference that this site is using jquery 1.2.5?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 13, 5:46 am, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > How do I find the id of the parent form?
>> >
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> $(this).parents('form').attr('id');
>>
>> You shouldn't have a form nested inside another form, so you should
>> only get one form element back.
>>
>> If you do have the nested, you can reduce the result set to the first
>> form element (the immediate parent) with eq(0):
>>
>> $(this).parents('form').eq(0).attr('id');
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Duncan I Loxton
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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