thanks all for your replies. I couldn't make it work. In fact i wonder if the css property for :hover is available for javascript at all, if the :hover state is not triggered. Would there be a workaround?
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:36 PM, DBJ <dbj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would also suggest looking into this page: > > http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/extending-jquerys-selector-capabilities/ > > and this plugin > > http://plugins.jquery.com/project/EnhancedAttributeSelectors > > although it (still) does not do exactly what you want ... > > Regards > > 2009/3/25 Richard D. Worth <rdwo...@gmail.com>: >> You may want to look at this plugin by Ariel Flesler for accessing css >> rules: >> >> http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Rule >> >> http://flesler.blogspot.com/2007/11/jqueryrule.html >> >> - Richard >> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Alexandre Plennevaux >> <aplennev...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> hello! >>> >>> i first posted this in the mailing list but no replies tells me my answer >>> is no, so this becomes a "feature request" >>> >>> imagine i style the :hover pseudo-class of an element via css: >>> >>> .myitem{ >>> background-color:green; >>> } >>> .myitem:hover{ >>> background-color:red >>> } >>> >>> Is it possible to retrieve the background-color property of the >>> elemnent's :hover class via jquery? >>> >>> i tried the obvious : http://jsbin.com/idudi/edit >>> >>> $(function(){ >>> var temp = $('#myitem:hover').css(' >>> background-color'); >>> alert("color is "+temp); >>> >>> }); >>> >>> But that didn't work. It returns the default state. >>> >>> the reason i'm asking this feature, is because semantically/structurally, >>> the best place to store a css property is obviously in the CSS, not in some >>> sort of metadata. >>> It occurred me while doing an interaction prototype for my school website >>> : http://pixeline.be/test/heaj/colormap/colorfade.html >>> each link has its background color fade to a custom color. I could only >>> store it as metadata or custom attribute, i wish i could have just retrieved >>> it from the css. >>> >>> thank you for listening ! >>> >>> Alexandre >>> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Dusan Jovanovic > http://dbj.org > ------------------------- > "html e-mail is expensive" ™ > > This email originates from Dusan B. Jovanovic. It, and any > attachments, may contain confidential information and may be subject > to copyright or other intellectual property rights. It is only for the > use of the addressee(s). You may not copy, forward, disclose, save or > otherwise use it in any way if you are not the addressee(s) or > responsible for delivery. If you receive this email by mistake, please > advise the sender and cancel it immediately. Dusan B. Jovanovic may > monitor the content of emails within its network to ensure compliance > with its policies and procedures. Any email is susceptible to > alteration and its integrity cannot be assured. Dusan B. Jovanovic > shall not be liable if the message is altered, modified, falsified, or > edited. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
