Yeah - I think this is getting too complicated.
I actually am only inserting one item at a time. Rather than sort,
I think I only need to go through the existing items which are already
in
alphabetical order, and find where to insert the new one.
On Jan 16, 1:58 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You'll need to save the output into a variable, then loop through that
> to create new options and replace the existing ones.
>
> var new_opts = $.makeArray($('#ops-memb option')).sort(...
>
> There's probably a neat jQuery way to do all of this compactly.
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM, mtz <tracey.zellm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks.
> > I can make the array now and it legitimately sorts.
> > However, I can't see an easy way to get the values in the array back
> > into the <option id='123''>A name</option>
> > format again, so I can put teh HTML into the select .
>
> > On Jan 16, 1:33 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>http://docs.jquery.com/Utilities/jQuery.makeArray#obj
> >> -- snip --
> >> jQuery.makeArray( obj )
> >> Turns anything into a true array.
> >> -- snip --
>
> >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Kean <shenan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > Only true arrays will inherit the sort method.
>
> >> > On Jan 16, 10:10 am, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> Maybe use makeArray() first. Something like:
>
> >> >> $.makeArray($('#ops-memb option')).sort(...
>
> >> >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:04 AM, mtz <tracey.zellm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> > I have a select list into which I place new option elements, and I
> >> >> > want to show them in sorted order. I've searched around and tried some
> >> >> > approaches, but not successful yet.
>
> >> >> > Here is an example.
> >> >> > It may not be the best use of jQuery, but at least I understand it.
> >> >> > The select element has id ops-memb
> >> >> > I get the current content, then add another option item.
>
> >> >> > var members = $('#ops-memb').html() + "<option id='507'>Another Item</
> >> >> > option>";
> >> >> > $'#ops-memb').html(members);
>
> >> >> > This works.
> >> >> > Now I try to sort
>
> >> >> > $('#ops-memb option').sort(function(a,b) {
> >> >> > return $(a).text() > $(b).text() ? 1 : -1;
> >> >> > });
>
> >> >> > I get an error message that $('#ops-memb').sort is not a function
>
> >> >> > Could someone help me understand what I am doing wrong and how to get
> >> >> > this to work correctly?
>
> >> >> > Thanks.
