Alexandre Plennevaux schrieb:
> hello!
>
> i guess i'm not too good in finding my way upwards in the DOM tree.
>
> I have a structure like this:
>
> dl#navigation
> dl#navigation > dt
> dl#navigation > dd > ul > li > a.selected
>
> dl#navigation > dt
> dl#navigation > dd > ul > li > a
>
> dl#navigation > dt
> dl#navigation > dd > ul > li > a
>
> /dl
>
> all ul are hidden but the one containing the selected a. I need to
> access that specific *dt* element.
>
> i tried this, but it does not work:
>
> $this = $("//dd[ul/li/a.selected]");
> $this.show();
> $this = $(this).parent();
> $("dt",$this).css({border: "1px solid #FF0000"});
>
>
> sorry, i think i 'm in need of a good tutorial on selectors.
>
> thank you for your help,
>
> Alexandre
Alexandre, try this:
$("//dd[ul/li/a.selected]").prev();
I'm not sure if I understood that XPath selector correctly, but you
could try:
$("//dd[ul/li/a.selected] ~ dt")
But I think that this one simply selects the dd element that is preceded
by a dt which is the case anyway.
-- Klaus
_______________________________________________
jQuery mailing list
discuss@jquery.com
http://jquery.com/discuss/
