Hmm - and how could you make this code block set the initial length for
pre-populated fields - that was the reason I was trying to use that first
this. Or was it that?
Maybe I just need to run a second selector that sets all the spans?
Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ wrote:
>
> this is not this! this is that!
>
> this is very much dependent on where this is used. inside an .each(),
> this is an element.
> inside a plugin this is a jquery object (& an array of elements).
>
> the this you used is weird on one, it is probably a null jquery object
> with no elements... but I've never poked in to look!
>
> as far as debugging... everyone with firefox debugs with firebug...
> some use others... and Internet Explorer users often flip over to
> firefox for better debugging!
>
> $('#test :textarea').before('Current length: <span id="'+
> this.id
> +'_len">'+this.value.length+'</span> characters').keypress(
> function()
> {
> $('#'+this.id + '_len').css('color', ((this.value.length >
> parseInt(this.id.split()[1]))?'red':'green')).html(this.value.length)
> } );
>
> might be better as
> $('#test').bind('keypress',function(e){
> // do your dirty work with this, the textarea
> $(this).prev('span.count').html(this.value.length)
> // ...
>
> }).before('<span>Current length</span><span
> class="count">0</span><span> chars</>'
>
>
> All with no extra IDs!
>
> On 1/23/07, Daemach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to sort out a problem with a selector and I'm not having much
>> luck. I'm using firebug at the moment, but I'm not able to easily see
>> what
>> the selector is picking up, if anything. The first selector is here:
>>
>> $('#test :textarea').before('Current length: <span id="'+ this.id
>> +'_len">'+this.value.length+'</span> characters')
>>
>> <form action="boo" name="test" id="test">
>> <textarea cols="54" rows="5" id="Desc_512"
>> name="Description">SPORK</textarea>
>> </form>
>>
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