Thx Matthew! Great explanation. I probably should have worded one thing a bit differently...I'd like to set this attribute for "the first TD in each TR for EVERY TR in an entire table". I'm sure this changes things a tiny bit?
Mike On Jun 24, 10:43 am, Matthew <mvbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > when you use this code $("tr td") it would create an array of all > those td's in the tr. So then we just need to cycle through the first > two and set the attribute then break the cycle. > > var counter = 0; > $("tr td").each(function(){ > $(this).attr("attribute","value"); > counter++; > if(counter > 1) { break; } // after the first two td's stop > the iteration through all the td's. > > }); > > You can be more specific with what tr you use or you could use a table > with a certain class or id: > > $("table.class tr td").each(........ > > hope this helps. > > On Jun 24, 10:26 am, MikeyJ <m.en...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I'd like to set the align attribute of only the first TD in a TR for > > an entire table but am not sure how to address them all in one go. > > Probably an Nth child thing or similar but not sure! > > > Thx, > > Mike > >