[jQuery] Re: $(this) and bind()? Noobish questions...

2008-01-25 Thread Josh Nathanson
$(this).find(.thumb).animate({ height: 50px }, fast); Another way is to use the context argument of jQuery: $(.thumb, this); I believe this will actually be more performant because it only uses one call to jQuery rather than two. -- Josh

[jQuery] Re: $(this) and bind()? Noobish questions...

2008-01-25 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Matt and Tobaco, thanks for the quick replies -- I really appreciate the help! :) Both of your replies have been very helpful. Thanks! Have a great day! Cheers, Micky On Jan 24, 7:54 pm, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Two quick questions: - 01. $(.item).hover(

[jQuery] Re: $(this) and bind()? Noobish questions...

2008-01-24 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Micky, On .bind(), I'm afraid I'm in the same boat as you; total n00b, so I'm afraid I can't offer much help there. On the child selection, the selector that immediately comes to mind is parent child. I could be mistaken, but I don't think you'll be able to use 'this', as it is a reference to

[jQuery] Re: $(this) and bind()? Noobish questions...

2008-01-24 Thread tobaco
hi, for 01. try this: $(this).find(.thumb).animate({ height: 50px }, fast); for 02.: hover is just a helper-function. it simplifies the process of binding. see this example from the blog-entry (http://jquery.com/blog/ 2008/01/15/jquery-122-2nd-birthday-present/) for the latest jquery-