Thanks, it seems there are many ways to achieve the same goal. I have changed
the code to use 'hover' and I will look into x-path syntax.
Tim Gossett-2 wrote:
>
> On 2/12/07, Rigent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a table displaying data and use the following script to create a
>> highlight on a row, except for the first row (.headingrow) because it's
>> used
>> as the header for the table.
> <snip>
>> would there be a more efficient way to do
>> this, without having to add the class to the first row of the table?
>
> Use hover() in one line of script instead of mouseOver and mouseOut on
> two:
>
> $("#docstable").find("tr").not(".headingrow").hover(
> function(){ $(this).addClass("trover"); }, // executes onMouseOver
> function(){ $(this).removeClass("trover"); } // executes onMouseOut
> );
>
>> Since it may not always be possible to apply a class to that row.
>
> Try XPath.
>
> $("#docstable tr").not("tr:first-child").hover(
> function(){ $(this).addClass("trover"); }, // executes onMouseOver
> function(){ $(this).removeClass("trover"); } // executes onMouseOut
> );
>
> I prefer XPath when selecting elements, and classes when applying styling.
>
>> I imagine there is a way to search for; all the siblings of the first row
>> but not that row itself,
>
> $("tr").not("tr:first-child")
>
>> or to search for all TRs that have TDs as children.
>
> $("tr td").parent()
>
> Or more generally:
>
> $("td").parents().find("tr")
>
> The latter example does not require the td to be a direct child of the tr.
>
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