ensure that the script src of jquery is correct
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Ricardo <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is no reason why you shouldn't get this working with one of the
> examples provided. For the nesting issue, filter with :first:
>
> $('#knowndiv').parents('tr:first').children('td:first').text();
>
> parents(xx:first) is similar to closest(xx), only the latter will also
> try to match the element itself.
>
> On Jun 3, 1:01 pm, jake dimano <jakedim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, that is the first thing I did, to no avail. I think all I am
> > left with just trudging through this with pure javascript.
> > jake
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:20 AM, BigAB <adamlbarr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > have you tried
> > > var myText = $('#knowndiv').parents('tr').find('td:first').text();
> > > alert(myText);
> >
> > > The TR is really the parent of the TDs, not the table.
> >
> > > On Jun 3, 7:33 am, jake dimano <jakedim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Mauricio, your code basically works fine on a simple test page. But
> > >> there is something about my set-up that makes the bit about
> > >> ".parents('table')" fail. My page still has the same exact element
> > >> structure with 2 differences; there are 52 "tr"s in the table; also,
> > >> all the elements (tables, trs, tds, divs...what have you,) are all
> > >> full of styles, attributes, and onclick events to a fairly large
> > >> extent.
> >
> > >> Other variations and combination of jQuery functions fail as well in
> > >> getting the parent of this div in my page.
> >
> > >> I guess I'll just keep on truckin'.
> > >> jake
> >
> > >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Mauricio (Maujor) Samy Silva
> >
> > >> <css.mau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > var myText =
> $('#knowndiv').parents('table').find('td:first').text();
> > >> > alert(myText);
> >
> > >> > Maurício
> >
> > >> > -----Mensagem Original-----
> > >> > De: con-man-jake
> > >> > Para: jQuery (English)
> > >> > Enviada em: terça-feira, 2 de junho de 2009 16:38
> > >> > Assunto: [jQuery] text of first sibling of a parent...How do I get
> it
> >
> > >> > Still a newbie.
> > >> > I have this:
> >
> > >> > <table>
> > >> > <tr>
> >
> > >> > <td>
> > >> > text I want to get
> > >> > </td>
> >
> > >> > <td>
> > >> > </td>
> >
> > >> > <td>
> > >> > <div id="knowndiv"></div>
> > >> > </td>
> >
> > >> > <tr>
> > >> > </table>
> >
> > >> > If I have the div with id of "knowndiv" as an object (call it
> "obj"),
> > >> > How do I get the text inside the first <td>?
>
