[jQuery] Re: Attribute renaming

[voltron]

I am trying to rename the ids and name attributes

On Sep 26, 10:06 am, Erik Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 What are you trying to accomplish?

 --Erik

 On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



  I have tags like this:
  select id=academic_from_month-0 
  select id=academic_till_month-0 

  since the ids are variable in length, I would have to find out where
  the lastindex() of - is remove that and replace it it with the new
  value. My problem is the syntax, is there some kind of Jquery way to
  do this?

  Thanks

[jQuery] Re: Attribute renaming

[Erik Beeson]

Rename them from what to what? To change the id of all selects, you can do:

$('select').each(function() {
  var oldId = $(this).attr('id');
  $(this).attr('id', oldId.substring(0, oldId.lastIndexOf('-')));
});

I'm still not sure what you actually want to do though.

--Erik


On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 I am trying to rename the ids and name attributes

 On Sep 26, 10:06 am, Erik Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  What are you trying to accomplish?
 
  --Erik
 
  On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 
   I have tags like this:
   select id=academic_from_month-0 
   select id=academic_till_month-0 
 
   since the ids are variable in length, I would have to find out where
   the lastindex() of - is remove that and replace it it with the new
   value. My problem is the syntax, is there some kind of Jquery way to
   do this?
 
   Thanks

[jQuery] Re: Attribute renaming

[voltron]

Hi Erik,

I am cloning a DIV container full of elements( selects, inputs and
buttons), they all inherit the name of the original element, but to
differentiate between all, I want to rename all the clones attributes
sequentially, example

div name= container
input name=color
input name=house
/dv

if I clone the whole container, the names should be:

div name= container
input name=color
input name=house
/dv

div name= container1
input name=color1
input name=house1
/dv


ans so forth


Thanks

On Sep 26, 12:57 pm, Erik Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Rename them from what to what? To change the id of all selects, you can do:

 $('select').each(function() {
   var oldId = $(this).attr('id');
   $(this).attr('id', oldId.substring(0, oldId.lastIndexOf('-')));

 });

 I'm still not sure what you actually want to do though.

 --Erik

 On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



  I am trying to rename the ids and name attributes

  On Sep 26, 10:06 am, Erik Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   What are you trying to accomplish?

   --Erik

   On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have tags like this:
select id=academic_from_month-0 
select id=academic_till_month-0 

since the ids are variable in length, I would have to find out where
the lastindex() of - is remove that and replace it it with the new
value. My problem is the syntax, is there some kind of Jquery way to
do this?

Thanks

[jQuery] Re: Attribute renaming

[Erik Beeson]

How about something like (untested):

$('#container').clone().attr('id',
'container'+idx).find('*').each(function() {
  this.name += idx;
  this.id += idx
}).end().appendTo(...);

How you deal with 'idx' is up to you. So that's: select the element with ID
'container', clone it, update the clone's id, select all of the clone's
descendant elements, update their names and IDs, go back to the clone and
append it to where ever you want it to show up.

--Erik


On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Hi Erik,

 I am cloning a DIV container full of elements( selects, inputs and
 buttons), they all inherit the name of the original element, but to
 differentiate between all, I want to rename all the clones attributes
 sequentially, example

 div name= container
 input name=color
 input name=house
 /dv

 if I clone the whole container, the names should be:

 div name= container
 input name=color
 input name=house
 /dv

 div name= container1
 input name=color1
 input name=house1
 /dv


 ans so forth


 Thanks

 On Sep 26, 12:57 pm, Erik Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Rename them from what to what? To change the id of all selects, you can
 do:
 
  $('select').each(function() {
var oldId = $(this).attr('id');
$(this).attr('id', oldId.substring(0, oldId.lastIndexOf('-')));
 
  });
 
  I'm still not sure what you actually want to do though.
 
  --Erik
 
  On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 
   I am trying to rename the ids and name attributes
 
   On Sep 26, 10:06 am, Erik Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What are you trying to accomplish?
 
--Erik
 
On 9/26/07, voltron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 I have tags like this:
 select id=academic_from_month-0 
 select id=academic_till_month-0 
 
 since the ids are variable in length, I would have to find out
 where
 the lastindex() of - is remove that and replace it it with the
 new
 value. My problem is the syntax, is there some kind of Jquery way
 to
 do this?
 
 Thanks

[jQuery] Re: Attribute renaming

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

 I have tags like this:
 select id=academic_from_month-0 
 select id=academic_till_month-0 

 since the ids are variable in length, I would have to find out where
 the lastindex() of - is remove that and replace it it with the new
 value. My problem is the syntax, is there some kind of Jquery way to
 do this?

$('select).each(function() {
id=$(this).attr('id');
//number after '-', useless if you dont need number
number=id.substring(id.lastIndexOf('-')+1);
//new value that you want to put after '-'
newvalue='1234567';
changed=id.substring(0,lastIndexOf('-')+1)+newvalue;
}

or something like that (I didnt check that) :)

Regards
Michael

[jQuery] Re: Attribute renaming

[voltron]

Thanks guys, I used a mixture of both your suggestions:


var ident = String(this.name);
 changed= ident.substring(0 ,ident.lastIndexOf('-')+1) + suffix;
 $(this).removeAttr(id);
 $(this).removeAttr(name);
 this.name += changed;
this.id += changed;
$(this).attr(clone, changed);


On Sep 26, 11:06 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I have tags like this:
  select id=academic_from_month-0 
  select id=academic_till_month-0 

  since the ids are variable in length, I would have to find out where
  the lastindex() of - is remove that and replace it it with the new
  value. My problem is the syntax, is there some kind of Jquery way to
  do this?

 $('select).each(function() {
 id=$(this).attr('id');
 //number after '-', useless if you dont need number
 number=id.substring(id.lastIndexOf('-')+1);
 //new value that you want to put after '-'
 newvalue='1234567';
 changed=id.substring(0,lastIndexOf('-')+1)+newvalue;

 }

 or something like that (I didnt check that) :)

 Regards
 Michael