Thanks Ryan for the alternative,
However, I need to do the following now (see message above your last
post):
I need to highlight *only* the top-parent item (the same one I just
ran 'return false;' on) with the class 'nav-selected'.
Any idea how I could do that?
Thanks,
osu
On Sep 25, 11:13 am, "ryan.j" <ryan.joyce...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> rather than removing the href you could use the preventDefault
> function, which will leave the href intact should you want to unbind
> it at a later date.
>
> usage is something like..
>
> $('a.submit-button').click(function(e){
> e.preventDefault();
> doSubmit( $(this).html() );
>
> })
>
> On Sep 24, 5:32 pm, osu <onesiz...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Andi,
>
> > Yes, I meant an unordered list as you showed.
>
> > Rather than remove the <a> tag, is it possible to just 'deactivate'
> > it? i.e. when you click it, nothing happens, but the <a> tag stays in
> > place?
>
> > I ask, because I'd like to keep the CSS as simple as possible.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > osu
>
> > On Sep 24, 6:05 pm, Andi23 <dowhatyouw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > First of all, let's clarify the actual HTML. I assume this is what
> > > you have:
> > > <ul>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 3</a>
> > > <ul>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 3a</a></li>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 3b</a></li>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 3c</a></li>
> > > </ul>
> > > </li>
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
> > > </ul>
>
> > > When you say "remove the link", I assume you want to turn this:
> > > <li><a href="#">Link 3</a>
> > > into this:
> > > <li>Link 3
>
> > > Given that, try this jQuery:
> > > $("li ul").siblings("a").each(function(){
> > > $(this).replaceWith($(this).html());
>
> > > });
