anz reason, why didnt you use #menu li a:first ?
On 18 Led, 18:48, "gareth gwyther" <gareth.gwyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i think
> jQuery('#menu li a').eq(0).remove();
> or
> jQuery'(#menu li').eq(0).remove(); for valid html removing both the li
> and the link
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> eq(number) is the position in the array of the selector. Hence 0 being first
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> hope this helps
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> On 1/18/09, Charlie22 <ch...@post.cz> wrote:
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> > and how can you create selector for first link in this case?:
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> > <div id='menu'>
> > <ul>
> > <li>Home</li>
> > <li><a href="#">Rules</a></li>
> > </ul>
> > </div>
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> > On 18 Led, 15:35, "kellyjandr...@sbcglobal.net"
> > <kellyjandr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> Bah - I see they "fixed" it. You should not be able to select only one
> >> anchor tag in this instance using $('#menu li a:first')....
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> >> On Jan 18, 9:33 am, "kellyjandr...@sbcglobal.net"
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> >> <kellyjandr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> > The question on all of this is usage - and I don't know how clear it
> >> > was stated.
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> >> > The selectors everyone has put up are valid, but not necessarily for
> >> > the usage.
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> >> > <<I have provlem with selecting
> >> > a first link in code below. Can you help me how how it should look
> >> > like jQuery code and also for case, if Home will not be a link, so
> >> > "Rules" will be a first link.>>
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> >> > So the issue is to remove only the first link. $('#menu li:first a)
> >> > will only select the anchor inside first list item. Perfect until you
> >> > put home inside that with no link. Then nothing matches that criteria.
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> >> > $('#menu li a:first') matches up to the first anchor tag inside a
> >> > li.http://test.learningjquery.com/selector-bug.htmlProves the theory.
> >> > If you did a selector of 'p' it would affect ALL of them, right? So
> >> > there are 7 anchors in the first position of an li, and 0 in the
> >> > second. Jquery 1.3 didn't create a bug - it fixed a selector problem.
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> >> > The only true selector is to use $('#menu a:first'). It will select
> >> > the first anchor and only the first anchor.
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> >> > It all just problem with sloppy selectors in the past. They cleaned it
> >> > up and got it right. I would suggest we make the adjustments.
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> >> > On Jan 17, 4:19 pm, "Nic Luciano" <nic.luci...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > > Ah, Karl, I see the issue now. I was also confused with the original
> >> > > usage
> >> > > since the discussion was about :first but he was using :first-child.
> >> > > So let
> >> > > me ask, in your test, li a:first should only return one element (as
> >> > > per
> >> > > docs, :first should always only return one element), correct? And
> >> > > first-child would be what I originally expected (returning 7 links)?
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> >> > > Can't believe I overlooked that- I stand corrected :D
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> >> > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ricardo Tomasi
> >> > > <ricardob...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >> > > > I know this isn't the dev list, but I'm curious about how come these
> >> > > > bugs weren't caught by the test suite?
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> >> > > > On Jan 17, 6:50 pm, Karl Swedberg <k...@englishrules.com> wrote:
> >> > > > > Nic,
> >> > > > > Actually, it is a bug, at least in the sense that the results are
> >> > > > > different from those of any previous version of jQuery.
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> >> > > > > It isn't just about :first, though. It has to do with multiple-
> >> > > > > descendant selectors in general. I've provided a test case
> >> > > > > athttp://
> >> > > > test.learningjquery.com/selector-bug.html
> >> > > > > with side-by-side comparison of 1.2.6 and 1.3, showing the
> >> > > > > number of
> >> > > > > matches (and I also posted an update to the ticket).
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> >> > > > > --Karl
>
> >> > > > > ____________
> >> > > > > Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
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> >> > > > > On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Nic Luciano wrote:
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> >> > > > > > That's true, but that's exactly how it's supposed to function.
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> >> > > > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, jQuery Lover
> >> > > > > > <ilovejqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > > > > > No he is not!
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> >> > > > > > Suppose you have this scenario:
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> >> > > > > > <div id="container">
> >> > > > > > <ul id="menu">
> >> > > > > > <li>Home</li>
> >> > > > > > <li><a href="#">Rules</a></li>
> >> > > > > > <li><a href="#">Pilots</a></li>
> >> > > > > > <li><a href="#">Briefing</a></li>
> >> > > > > > <li><a href="#">IGC</a></li>
> >> > > > > > <li><a href="#">Results</a></li>
> >> > > > > > <li><a href="#">Forum</a></li>
> >> > > > > > </ul>
> >> > > > > > </div>
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> >> > > > > > $('#menu li:first a').remove() - will do nothing here, since
> >> > > > > > first li
> >> > > > > > has no anchor in it !
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> >> > > > > > ----
> >> > > > > > Read jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com
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> >> > > > > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Charlie22 <ch...@post.cz>
> >> > > > > > wrote:
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> >> > > > > > > Well, you are right, thx for explanation. Now it is clear!!
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> >> > > > > > > On 17 Led, 21:04, Pedram <pedram...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > > > > >> hi Guys , I know what should you do ,
> >> > > > > > >> $('#menu li:first a').remove()
> >> > > > > > >> this is the code you need , jquery has no problem when you
> >> > > > > > >> use this
> >> > > > > > >> code $('#menu li a:first').remove(); the selector checks each
> >> > > > > > >> li
> >> > > > > > and
> >> > > > > > >> removes the <a> so all of the links will be removed so in
> >> > > > > > >> your case
> >> > > > > > >> your code should look like this $('#menu li:first
> >> > > > > > >> a').remove();
> >> > > > > > the
> >> > > > > > >> selector selects the first li and removes the <a>
> >> > > > > > >> that set,
> >> > > > > > >> I am just following john Resig in twitter it seems he is
> >> > > > > > >> going to
> >> > > > > > >> release jquery 1.3.1 maybe he found some little bugs.- Skrýt
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