Jeremy Dill schrieb:
> I am working on an application which uses a jquery to show and hide
> preloaded layers sort of like netvibes.com. Another aspect of my
> application involves dynamic creation of forms. When these forms are
> created, they are given an ID based on an ID in the database.
>
> It all worked out great before I went with the layering idea. The
> problem now is that I am often loading the same form elements on
> different layers, and therefore the standard selector method of
> $("#InputElementID") will not work since there are duplicate ID's hidden
> in the background (in forms with different ID's).
>
> So,
>
> 1) Do you think it will be reasonable to use a different selector method
> to access the Input elements based on a combination of form ID and
> element ID, rather than strictly by element id? If so, what syntax
> should I use? I have tried the context selector $('#InputID',
> myFormObj) without much success. Is there a better method?
>
> Or,
>
> 2) Am I crazy to be creating a page containing duplicate elements even
> though they are contained in different forms?
Yes to number 2) ;-)
An id serves as a *unique* identifier and as such it is supposed to be
unique in a document. Scripting on top of an invalid HTML document won't
make your life any easier.
That said, I strongly recommend another solution (creating valid, e.g.
unique ids, use classes) but maybe you can get away with that:
$('#formId #inputId')
or (slower)
$('#formId [EMAIL PROTECTED]"inputId"]')
Again, you should consider this as a *dirty hack* and search for a
proper solution.
-- Klaus
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