jQuery does not recognise @ as attribute indicator. Just remove the @
from your code and enclose the attribute value with ':
$("input:checkbox[name='media_type']").click(function() {
if (this.checked == true) {
alert('checkbox true');
$("div[class='mediafield']").hide
('fast');
});
On Aug 5, 7:55 am, Old Orange Juice <kc2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a bunch of divs with the same classname, 'mediafield':
>
> <div id="articles" class="mediafield">Slug:</div><br>
> <div id="video" class="mediafield">Big Blurb(Video)<br></div>
> <div id="content_short" class="mediafield">Big Blub(short content)
> <br></div>
> <div id="audio" class="mediafield">Big Blub(Audio)<br></div>
> <div id="images" class="mediafield">Photo Uri(images):<br></div>
>
> and I have this jquery code in my header:
> <script>
> $(document).ready(function() {
> $("input:checkb...@name=media_type]").click(function() {
> if (this.checked == true) {
> alert('checkbox true');
> $("d...@class=mediafield]").hide('fast');
>
> });});
>
> </script>
>
> So I know that the click function is getting implemented.. The alert
> box appears however I get the following error in firebug:
> uncaught exception: Syntax error, unrecognized expression:
> [...@class=mediafield]
>
> Line 0
>
> Nothing happens when firebug is turned off... So I'm not sure why it's
> throwing the error.
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks,
> ooj
