thank you. that works perfectly.
On Jan 10, 5:30 am, Balazs Endresz <balazs.endr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You shouldn't escape hyphens, they are very common in classnames and
> not special characters in a selector. But your cellWidth object throws
> syntax error, this is how it should look like:
>
> var cellWidth = {
> searchUser: [80, 110, 145, 70, 100, 100, 236],
> searchAcct: [80, 130, 80, 80, 80, 190, 201],
> searchCntr: [75, 120, 86, 86, 86, 86, 110, 80],
> //you should quote reserved words and special characters:
> "acct-his": [200, 303, 203] //IE doesn't like the comma here
> };
>
> If you still get the error please provide some code or a test page.
>
> On Jan 10, 2:52 am, roxstyle <resut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am having no luck with non-standard characters in class names, used
> > in a function
>
> > I am using this is a wonderful technique via Karl, that allows
> > children to inherit their parent td width.
>
> > $(document).ready(function() {
> > var cellWidth = {
> > searchUser: [80, 110, 145, 70, 100, 100, 236],
> > searchAcct: [80, 130, 80, 80, 80, 190, 201],
> > searchCntr: [75, 120, 86, 86, 86, 86, 110, 80],
> > acct-his: [200, 303, 203],
> > };
>
> > $.each(cellWidth, function(key, val) {
> > for (var i=0, cl= val.length; i<cl; i++) {
> > $('.' + key + ' tbody td:nth-child(' + (i+1) + ')').width(val
> > [i])
> > .children().css({overflow: 'hidden'}).width(val[i]);
> > };
> > });
>
> > });
>
> > My problem is with class names with non-standard characters (in my
> > case hyphens). Jquery doesn't recognize these. I tested the techniques
> > on:http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_...
>
> > so in line 8 below, i tried things like:
> > acct\\-his
> > acct-[his]
> > $('.' + key.replace(/-/g,"\\-") + ' tbody td:nth-child(' + (i+1) +
> > ')').width(val[i])
>
> > if any one can point me to other solutions, i would be very grateful.
