[jQuery] Re: Selectors and Internet Explorer

2009-12-10 Thread RobG
On Dec 11, 7:12 am, "Josh Nathanson" wrote: > Maybe try closing the option tag? The closing tag is optional, there are numerous elements that don't need closing tags in HTML. -- Rob

[jQuery] Re: Selectors and Internet Explorer

2009-12-10 Thread MorningZ
I don't know if this is overly simplified for your situation, but this is what i mean http://jsbin.com/oreqa/edit the second is driven/filled by the ".val()" of the first On Dec 10, 7:23 pm, MorningZ wrote: > > What I'm trying to do is update a second select box with options that > > are spec

[jQuery] Re: Selectors and Internet Explorer

2009-12-10 Thread MorningZ
> What I'm trying to do is update a second select box with options that > are specific to options in the first box So why not use $("#parentMenu").val() ?? that will give you the value of the selected (or $("#parentMenu option:selected").text() if you need the text) to drive the second select

[jQuery] Re: Selectors and Internet Explorer

2009-12-10 Thread rob
option tags are closed, i just didn't write them in here... @MorningZ: What I'm trying to do is update a second select box with options that are specific to options in the first box. Basically, a linked menus program. What was happening was all browser except IE were handling the event function

[jQuery] Re: Selectors and Internet Explorer

2009-12-10 Thread MorningZ
> "Any Ideas" IE probably totally fails to recognize the "class" set on an tag, you *may* try $("#parentMenu > option[parentMenu]").click(); regardless if that would or wouldn't work, what are you trying to accomplish? simply setting the value of the object and firing off whatever "click()" w