Thanks a lot Ricardo :handshake:
That both worked =)
But I have to admit that I dont know why .readOnly works.:confused: couldnt
find anything like that in the docs and thought that you always have to
select attributes with [..] or .attr(..) Is this an officially working
function?
Thanks :-)
Gerald
ricardobeat wrote:
>
>
> You're returning the object you created, so that will always be true.
> Return the .length property and it shoud work:
>
> $.extend($.expr[':'],{
> readonly: function(a) {
> return !!$(a).filter('[readonly="true"],
> [readonly=""]').length;
> }
> });
>
> But a simpler/faster/safer alternative is the DOM property 'readOnly',
> which seems to work fine on all major browsers:
>
> $.extend($.expr[':'],{
> readonly: function(a) {
> return !!a.readOnly;
> }
> });
>
> You have to use !! to enforce returning a boolean value.
>
> cheers,
> - ricardo
> On Mar 12, 9:30 am, ggerri <gerald.ressm...@ewz.ch> wrote:
>> Hi there
>> jQuery 1.3 has problems with handling the readonly attribute (already
>> filed
>> a ticket but I'm a bit stuck here with my project).
>>
>> When you want to select readonly inputs, you have to use [readonly=""]
>> in
>> Firefox and [readonly="true"] in IE6...
>>
>> ( because the DOM looks like that after ".attr('readonly','readonly');":
>> FF: <input id="A1" type="text" value="90" readonly=""/>
>> IE6: <INPUT id="A1" readOnly=True> )
>>
>> So I tried to extend :
>>
>> $.extend($.expr[':'],{ readonly: function(a) {
>> return $(a).filter('[readonly="true"],
>> [readonly=""]');
>>
>> }
>> });
>>
>> But:
>>
>> $(':text:readonly').addClass('gtest');
>>
>> doesnt care about the custom selector and just choses all :text fields.
>> :,(
>>
>> what's wrong with my extendtion? :confused:
>>
>> thanks a lot guys:handshake:
>> Gerald
>>
>> ps. $(':text').not("[readonly='true'], [readonly=''],
>> [readonly='readonly']") works fine in both browsers selecting all input
>> fields which are not readonly but using a working :readonly would be more
>> elegant right?
>>
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