[jQuery] Re: Selectors and Internet Explorer

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

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

> 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

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

> "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

[jQuery] Re: Selectors, Escaping special Character in JQuery 1.3.2 not working as expected.

FYI: It was the validate/validation plugin that was breaking my example. When i commented out the include everything worked as expected. I needed to upgraded to the newer version of the validation plugin and everything is back to normal! Too many version dependencies, bah! It's too bad there is

[jQuery] Re: Selectors, Escaping special Character in JQuery 1.3.2 not working as expected.

Yes thats true. I just tested the exact code I have on jsbin and it worked fine. http://jsbin.com/uhane source: http://jsbin.com/uhane/edit I wonder if there is a difference in the included JQuery library on jsbin and what jQuery currently has on their web site. I will try to replace my local co

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

The reference does not show the use of quotes like you have: http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/not#selector Their example: $("input:not(:checked) + span").css("background- color", "yellow"); Yours re-written: $('tr .myToggle:not(:hidden):odd').addClass ('gray');//hopefully works On Nov 2, 3

[jQuery] Re: selectors with xml cdata, parse html string

Hi Donnie & Pirco, You can use the .text() jQuery method to get at the CDATA. The error though is coming from how you're selecting the ID: Instead of: html = $.trim($(xml).find("html").text()); alert($("#mydiv", html).attr("id")); Try: // XML is already a XML Document object var cdata

[jQuery] Re: selectors with xml cdata, parse html string

did u ever get an answer for this? I'm in desperate need to pull CDATA content from my XML file as well. please let me know. thanks!

[jQuery] Re: Selectors .each

r-01-09 3:03 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Selectors .each When you write $('dl.set:first') you are saying, "make a list of all DL elements in the document that have the 'set' class, and give me the first element in that list." Putting thi

[jQuery] Re: Selectors .each

Hi Dave, There are a few ways to do this. Probably the easiest is with :first- child. $('.set_list > dl.set:first-child').addClass('first'); That will add the class to all elements if they are a child of .set_list and if they are the first child of their parent. --Karl Karl

[jQuery] Re: Selectors .each

When you write $('dl.set:first') you are saying, "make a list of all DL elements in the document that have the 'set' class, and give me the first element in that list." Putting this code inside the .each() loop doesn't change that. The $('dl.set:first') selector stands on its own. The code you wa

[jQuery] Re: selectors, events, and scripted elements not working

Looks like this will work. Thanks for your help. On Sep 15, 4:29 pm, Charlie Griefer wrote: > Have a look at live() > > http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live > > "Binds a handler to an event (like click) for all current - and future - > matched element." > > Basically, when you add elements to the

[jQuery] Re: selectors, events, and scripted elements not working

Looks like this will work. Thanks for your help. On Sep 15, 4:29 pm, Charlie Griefer wrote: > Have a look at live() > > http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live > > "Binds a handler to an event (like click) for all current - and future - > matched element." > > Basically, when you add elements to the

[jQuery] Re: selectors, events, and scripted elements not working

Have a look at live() http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live "Binds a handler to an event (like click) for all current - and future - matched element." Basically, when you add elements to the DOM dynamically after page load, jQuery won't recognize those elements unless the live() method is used. On

[jQuery] Re: Selectors question

I have not found another way to retrieve information from an iframe. BTW, I see no problem using that sintax - Original Message - From: "smokinguns" To: "jQuery (English)" Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:07 PM Subject: [jQuery] Selectors question Hey all, I'm new to jQuery and

[jQuery] Re: [selectors] XML IE6 problem

I had something kind of similar... are you sure your web server is sending that content as Text/XML? http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/924/ On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:09 AM, tom.nov...@googlemail.com < tom.nov...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have the following XML structure: > > > a

[jQuery] Re: Selectors only matching first element

$(".myCheck").each(function() { $(this)attr('checked', true); }); I know the class selector is slow, but how about this? On Jun 4, 6:35 pm, matt wrote: > Thanks.  Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work either.  The div > example from the page should work as it was copied directly,

[jQuery] Re: Selectors only matching first element

I think something in your HTML may be not formatted correctly. Usually plug-ins would not interfere with simple selectors like $ ("div"). What happens if you remove the plugin code and try it? On Jun 4, 12:35 pm, matt wrote: > Thanks.  Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work either.  The div > e

[jQuery] Re: Selectors only matching first element

This works here! Have a look at: http://jsbin.com/awapu/edit Maurício -Mensagem Original- De: matt Para: jQuery (English) Enviada em: quinta-feira, 4 de junho de 2009 19:35 Assunto: [jQuery] Re: Selectors only matching first element Thanks. Unfortunately this doesn&#

[jQuery] Re: Selectors only matching first element

Thanks. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work either. The div example from the page should work as it was copied directly, but it doesn't. This is bizarre. If it helps, I have the tablesorter, validate and maybe even UI plugins set up here as well.. could one of them be interfering? On Jun

[jQuery] Re: Selectors only matching first element

There isn't in HTML Specs a true value for checked attribute. Try: $("input:checkbox").attr("checked", "checked"); Maurício -Mensagem Original- De: matt Para: jQuery (English) Enviada em: quinta-feira, 4 de junho de 2009 18:12 Assunto: [jQuery] Selectors only matching first el

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

ok... now that i'm not working anymore, and i'm thinking slower, i believe it make some sense because css3 should work in same way... and now that i know how this work, then i want always the last level and it make my code yet simpler :P $( '#div_pdfs div:last' ) will always get the empty node wh

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Diogo Neves wrote: > hi brian, > > thanks for your help! > > well... i only suspected that $( '#div_pdfs div:last div:last' ) worked > because $( '#div_pdfs div:eq(1) div:eq(1)' ) worked perfectly... > > that HTML is generated by javascript, it has as much levels

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

hi brian, thanks for your help! well... i only suspected that $( '#div_pdfs div:last div:last' ) worked because $( '#div_pdfs div:eq(1) div:eq(1)' ) worked perfectly... that HTML is generated by javascript, it has as much levels as needed... i only do this like that because some browsers will re

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

Thats a lot of divs. You didn't say which div you're aiming to to get at. But, I think :last doesn't work the wy you're expecting (which was my initial expectation, as well). If you add some IDs you can see how it's working:

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

Some HTML that replects your 's layout would be a huge help for others to help you On Dec 12, 4:01 am, mangaru wrote: > Hi all, > > I was using jQuery as usual, but i found someting unusual... > > Is there any bug with selector ":last"? > > For me the selector "#div_id div:last div:last" or "

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with :has and with variables

Having - finally! - finished this, I thought I'd post my code. I'm very sure it could be more compact, but I'm a bit of a Javascript dork and thought others might benefit from my step-by-step approach ;) // menu show/hide $( '#themenu' ).children( 'li[id]' ).hover( function() {

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with :has and with variables

I owe you an apology, Hector - I'd been looking at the same lines for so long, I'd stopped seeing what I'd written ... and was doubling-up my selector. This DOES work: $( '#themenu' ).children( 'li[id]' ).hover( function() { var theID = $(this).attr('id');

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with :has and with variables

Thank you, Hector, but there's still nothing happening . Any other clues? (My grandmother and firstborn are now on offer) Cherry On Nov 7, 12:27 am, "Hector Virgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe this: > > $( '"#cat [" + theID + "] ul"' ).toggle() ; > > Should be like this? > > $( "#cat

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with :has and with variables

Karl, thank you SO much for that! At least I can now be sure my toggle thing isn't failing because of the "g" error :)) Cherry. On Nov 7, 12:26 am, "Karl Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't want ":has" you want a normal attribute selector. > > $( '#themenu' ).children( 'li[id]' )

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with :has and with variables

Maybe this: $( '"#cat [" + theID + "] ul"' ).toggle() ; Should be like this? $( "#cat #" + theID + " ul" ).toggle() ; -Hector On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have read the other threads on this topic, but am still getting > nowhere ... > >

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with :has and with variables

You don't want ":has" you want a normal attribute selector. $( '#themenu' ).children( 'li[id]' ) Karl Rudd On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have read the other threads on this topic, but am still getting > nowhere ... > > I'm trying to make a s

[jQuery] Re: selectors in $.post return with HTML context

I believe I found the problem, but haven't tested the update yet. According to the "Learning jQuery" book, I can't traverse AJAX'd HTML content until I insert it into the current DOM. I'll be testing inserting it into a hidden DIV and then going to town. Hopefully it works. . . On Sep 8, 8:18 a

[jQuery] Re: selectors in $.post return with HTML context

I assume that you can do the cross-domain Ajax call because this runs in the browser chrome, is that right? If the Ajax call fails, then of course you won't get very far. Past that, I would take the code that is failing and break it down to see what data you have at each step: jQuery("textarea:f

[jQuery] Re: selectors in $.post return with HTML context

Sure thing. Here is the whole ubiquity (http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/ introducing-ubiquity/) command in its current form. The relevant section is at the end. CmdUtils.CreateCommand({ name: "tag-cloud", takes: {body_of_text: noun_arb_text}, description: "Replaces selected text with a f

[jQuery] Re: selectors in $.post return with HTML context

Can you post a link to a test page that illustrates what you're trying to do and what isn't working? It's pretty hard to tell what might be wrong without seeing things like the HTML that the $.post() returns. -Mike > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm having trouble using a subsequent selector on

[jQuery] Re: selectors

that worked! thanks again! On Sep 5, 10:53 am, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if I need the Dom node and jQuery object on the same function > > should I give each different variables or is there a workaround ? > > Given a jQuery object, you can always get directly to its DOM node(

[jQuery] Re: selectors

> if I need the Dom node and jQuery object on the same function > should I give each different variables or is there a workaround ? Given a jQuery object, you can always get directly to its DOM node(s) with [0], [1], etc. So you don't *need* another variable, but you can always use one if you wa

[jQuery] Re: selectors

> Imagine that you have an array: > > var a = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]; > > Now you can call array methods on the array: > >    var t = a.join();  // 'a,b,c' > > But what happens if you call an array method on one of the *elements* of the > array? > >    var x = a[0].join(); > > That's an error, because

[jQuery] Re: selectors

Thank you Mike. if I need the Dom node and jQuery object on the same function should I give each different variables or is there a workaround ? On Sep 3, 6:35 am, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Imagine that you have an array: > > var a = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]; > > Now you can call array

[jQuery] Re: selectors

Imagine that you have an array: var a = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]; Now you can call array methods on the array: var t = a.join(); // 'a,b,c' But what happens if you call an array method on one of the *elements* of the array? var x = a[0].join(); That's an error, because a[0] is a *string*, no

[jQuery] Re: Selectors and changing source of HTML-elements

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:58 AM, velij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, this is my first message to the jquery group, hope you > don't mind and i'll improve over time :) Welcome! We're here to help, and we hope to improve ourselves as well, with your help :) > > My HTML is this: > >

[jQuery] Re: Selectors for pages loaded via ajax

Maybe put the "ton of code" in a function so you'll only need the function call inside of your callbacks? On Aug 21, 11:35 am, DMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, not everything uses AJAX... and there is a ton of code that > would be really messy to mix inside some of the ajax calls...  Some o

[jQuery] Re: Selectors for pages loaded via ajax

Well, not everything uses AJAX... and there is a ton of code that would be really messy to mix inside some of the ajax calls... Some of it is using innerHTML also, which doesn't work for selectors either... On Aug 21, 8:15 am, GasGiant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried placing your eff

[jQuery] Re: Selectors for pages loaded via ajax

Have you tried placing your effects code inside .ajaxStop()? Code inside it does not fire until the AJAX request is complete. http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/ajaxStop#callback

[jQuery] Re: selectors question

I, also, am not entirely sure what the end requirement is, but this might help ... $(document).ready(function() { var inputUpdate = $('input.listcomplete').next('ul').find('li') .bind('click', function(){ //this only works when a space is a valid separator, ie no LI //text contains

[jQuery] Re: selectors question

nos wrote: Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 I'm not quite sure what you're looking to do, and this markup is part of the issue. There is no "type" attribute on your "input" tag. Is this just a text field? Also, the tag is also not closed. Is the "ul" element supposed to someh

[jQuery] Re: selectors return type

I like that. I think it is clearer, especially for new users. Now who can change the documentation? Thanks, Soetji On Apr 7, 10:49 am, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I definitely see how the documentation can be confusing there. I think > the distinction was made because the

[jQuery] Re: selectors return type

Hi, I definitely see how the documentation can be confusing there. I think the distinction was made because the ones that just have "Element" are the ones that only ever return a single element (in the array). I wonder if it would make sense to still have a distinction somehow. Maybe:

[jQuery] Re: selectors return type

Thanks for all the responses. So the API doc (http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors) should say all selectors return Array instead of some of them return Element. Am I correct?

[jQuery] Re: selectors return type

A selector will always return a jQuery object. Which is an array of elements that matched the selector - with some additional functionality. So, $("#myElement") returns a jQuery object. Which allows us to do things like $("#myElement").hide(); But sometimes you need the original DOM eleme

[jQuery] Re: selectors return type

The Selector will always return an array of zero, one, or more elements. I'm not sure why the distinction has been made between Element and Array of Elements - the only reason I could come up with was that someone wanted to indicate that certain Selectors will/should return only one element, albe

[jQuery] Re: selectors: selecting every element that is not children of another div

'*:not(div) *' or '*:not(div) > *' if they must be direct descendants This is theoretically what you need, but won't work, it will also select the head, the body.. almost everything but the children of the divs. As gordon said, you should explain the situation. Ariel Flesler On 25 feb, 09:2

[jQuery] Re: selectors: selecting every element that is not children of another div

That would probably work but I wouldn't want to try it because I can't imagine any non-trivial page where it would complete this century. :) Then again I can't imagine why on Earth the OP would actually want to be doing this in the first place. Perhaps if you (the OP) can give us a description of

[jQuery] Re: selectors: selecting every element that is not children of another div

I was really against the removal of the parent selector ('..') I used to use it a lot. But well.. that's history now :) Cheers Ariel Flesler On Feb 25, 8:52 am, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean-Sébastien wrote: > > hi, i try to select every element that is not children of another d

[jQuery] Re: selectors: selecting every element that is not children of another div

Jean-Sébastien wrote: > hi, i try to select every element that is not children of another div. > i tried different ways but didn't find a solution. > > regards Try: $('body *').filter(function() { return this.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() != 'div'; }); Don't think that will perform very

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with this keyword

Thanks Josh, I'll give that one a go. I also found I could do it using 'find', but your solution looks a little bit tighter. Phil On Jan 19, 1:09 am, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try $("li", this) - it says "look in the context of this for all li > elements." > > -- Josh > > --

[jQuery] Re: Selectors with this keyword

Try $("li", this) - it says "look in the context of this for all li elements." -- Josh - Original Message - From: "Philboi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jQuery (English)" Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:37 PM Subject: [jQuery] Selectors with this keyword Hi Guys, What im after

[jQuery] Re: Selectors tr and img

$('tr:has(img)').addClass('odd'); On Nov 22, 1:53 pm, Toccamonium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using this code to add alternating table rows: > $('.content_table tr:odd').addClass('odd'); > $('.content_table tr:even').addClass('even'); > > Now I have some cells with images includes:

[jQuery] Re: Selectors in IFrame

It's at: http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/contents Did iFrameTable.document... work? I thought it was iFrameTable.ownerDocument maybe both work.. Anyway... that one was the jQuery-way to do that... I'm glad it helped. Ariel Flesler On Nov 18, 8:21 pm, chrismarx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[jQuery] Re: Selectors in IFrame

this iFrameTable.document.getElementsByTagName("td") actually worked in ie and firefox (havent tried safari) this: $('#iFrameTable').contents().find('td'); worked beautifully as well. where is content() documented?? On Nov 17, 1:54 pm, Flesler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $('#iframeTable').

[jQuery] Re: Selectors in IFrame

$('#iframeTable').contents().find('td'); Ariel Flesler On Nov 15, 8:25 am, chrismarx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would be a jQuery equivalent for this > > iFrameTable.document.getElementsByTagName("td") > > if iFrameTable is the id of the iframe?

[jQuery] Re: Selectors in IFrame

Dealing with frames can be a bit tricky. The syntax you describe below is an IE-only solution. There are some different ways to access the document within the frame. All browsers support window.frames[] as an indexer. If there is only one frame on the page, window.frames[0] will work. You can

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

Am 05.11.2007 um 14:02 schrieb boermans: Perhaps this: $('img',e).attr({src: "path/to/image"}); Brilliant. And of course you are right - href is likewise src an attribute, not a tag ;) typo... thx a lot Olaf

[jQuery] Re: Selectors

Perhaps this: $('img',e).attr({src: "path/to/image"}); Where img is the tag for your image and the comma ',' after the 'img' indicates that this selector is relative to 'e' (i.e. inside it). BTW there is no such beast as a tag - href is an attribute of an tag. In the same way 'src' is an attri

[jQuery] Re: Selectors , innerHTML and AJAX

Hmm looks like this.href is the full url. Is there a defined way to strip the host etc so it just leaves the path. Ideally id just want to put a number in and handel the rest in the function, ie for paging numbers in a datagrid list. Dan Rossi wrote: Hi here is the updated code $(docu

[jQuery] Re: Selectors , innerHTML and AJAX

Hi here is the updated code $(document).ready(function(){ $("a.nav").click(function(event) { $("#content").load(this.href); event.preventDefault(); }); $('a.view').livequery('click',function(event) { alert('clicked'); return false;

[jQuery] Re: Selectors , innerHTML and AJAX

Apologies, looks like i got it working now $('a.view').livequery('click',function(event) { $("#content").load("/index/view/episode/" + this.href); return false; }); Good stuff ! \Karl Swedberg wrote: > > > On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:41 AM, electroteque wrote: > >> >> Hi there,

[jQuery] Re: Selectors , innerHTML and AJAX

On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:41 AM, electroteque wrote: Hi there, im having issues binding a click to links displayed after an ajax call into a layer. Here is what I have so far $("#content a.view").click(function(event) { alert(this.href); return false;

[jQuery] Re: Selectors , innerHTML and AJAX

Can you post your ajax call? Ultimately, the code you provided should be put in the call back to the ajax call. On 8/22/07, electroteque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, im having issues binding a click to links displayed after an > ajax call into a layer. > > Here is what I have so far

[jQuery] Re: Selectors & Context

> Doh! Thank you... No problem :-) -- Jörn Zaefferer http://bassistance.de

[jQuery] Re: Selectors & Context

On 6/20/07, Jörn Zaefferer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jonathan Sharp wrote: > On 6/20/07, *Jörn Zaefferer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > Jonathan Sharp wrote: > > I have the following: > > > > $('').find('.foo').doSomething(); > Why not simply

[jQuery] Re: Selectors & Context

Jonathan Sharp wrote: On 6/20/07, *Jörn Zaefferer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Jonathan Sharp wrote: > I have the following: > > $('').find('.foo').doSomething(); Why not simply this? Well, the actual implementation is a little more complex. Bu

[jQuery] Re: Selectors & Context

On 6/20/07, Jörn Zaefferer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jonathan Sharp wrote: > I have the following: > > $('').find('.foo').doSomething(); Why not simply this? Well, the actual implementation is a little more complex. But basically it can be expanded to: $('').foo().bar(); $.fn.foo = functi

[jQuery] Re: Selectors & Context

Jonathan Sharp wrote: I have the following: $('').find('.foo').doSomething(); Why not simply this? $('').doSomething(); -- Jörn Zaefferer http://bassistance.de

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

Hey PD, Not a problem at all. It was a fun diversion. :-) Glad you got it working! --Karl _ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On May 8, 2007, at 12:34 AM, pd wrote: Hi Karl I can't explain why but the code appears to be working as it should now.

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

Hi Karl I can't explain why but the code appears to be working as it should now. Rather strange but all is well that ends well. Thanks again for your excellent, considered and patient help. pd On May 8, 1:37 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm. I'm not sure what could be causi

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

Hi Karl I can't believe you did a test case for me. That's absolutely brilliant. Thank you greatly. It appears you are correct. I've modified your test case to more closely reflect my scenario: http://devel.wynlearn.net.au/nth-child.html It appears to be working as expected here. Of course my

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

Hmmm. I'm not sure what could be causing the problem you're having with classes. I put together a simple test page using your code: $('.relevantTableClass td:nth-child(2)').css('textAlign', 'center'); inside $(document).ready and it works for me as expected: http://test.learningjquery.com/nth

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

Ah, one problem Karl. Thanks again for your help though there's just one thing that I don't really understand. I was attempting to use such a selector in a site-wide $ (document).ready() context. Hence this applies to all tables which is problematic. Hence initially I was attempting the equivale

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

Hi Karl That's excellent, works a treat, thanks! I tried :eq(0) and :nth(0) Selects the Nth element from the matched element set from http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors#Custom_Selectors_2 without luck. I thought it was possible though and of course the simple nth-child does the trick. I was cl

[jQuery] Re: Selectors: x td in all rows of a table

If I understand your situation correctly, you might be looking for :nth-child() You could, for example, get the 2nd cell of each row this way: $('td:nth-child(2)').css('textAlign', 'center'); Remember that nth-child() is the only jQuery selector that is 1- based, because it's based solely on