Hi all,
I'm having trouble removing a <div> from a set of matches if the div has a
particular
first-child element.
##Here's what I've got:
<div>123</div>
<div><span>abc</span>xyz</div>
<div><span>def</span>ghi</div>
I have a $() object matching all divs (i.e. $('div')), but I only want to
process <divs> which
don't have a span as their first child element. I should only end up processing
one div (the
first one).
##Here's what I've tried:
$('//span/../div')
XPath with parent axis. Doesn't match anything.
$('div').not('div/span/../div')
jQuery object filtered with XPath with parent axis. Doesn't match anything
$('div').not(('div > span').parent()[0])
Only removes <div><span>abc</span>xyz</div>, leaving two matches.
$('div').each(function(){
if($('span:first-child', this).size()) return;
alert(this);
});
This works, but it's kinda oogly.
##My question(s):
Am I missing something with the XPath parent axis selectors? Shouldn't they be
matching something?
Is there a better way to do this than the last method? I'd rather not iterate
over unnecessary
elements.
Thanks,
Luke Lutman
P.S. This is my first post to the list, so please be gentle ;-)
_______________________________________________
jQuery mailing list
[email protected]
http://jquery.com/discuss/
