Thanks,
I was wondering if that was the way I had to go.
Is find the fastest in terms of cpu cycles? It sounds like it might
not be by its name. That's why I didn't use it.
ml
On Jan 15, 3:20 pm, Wizzud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Use find()?
> The children() function (should) return "unique immediate children"
> which won't get you your second level divs in a single call from the
> #obj level, no matter what selector you use.
>
> eg...
> var obj = $("#obj");
> obj.find(">.obj_level1>.obj_level2").attr( "id", "Bob" );
>
> On Jan 15, 6:03 am, Mark Lacas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to set the id of a 2nd level obj selected by class and it
> > doesn't seem to work as I thought it would.
>
> > Unfortunately all of the level one objects get the id assignment, not
> > the level two object.
>
> > Here it is before I do the operation:
>
> > <div id="obj">
> > <div class="obj_level1">
> > <div class="obj_level2"></div>
> > </div>
> > <div class="obj_level1.1"></div>
> > </div>
>
> > Then I do this:
>
> > var obj = $("#obj");
> > //bunch of code
> > obj.children(".obj_level1 > .obj_level2").attr( "id", "Bob" );
>
> > It ends up like this:
>
> > <div id="obj">
> > <div id="Bob" class="obj_level1">
> > <div class="obj_level2"></div>
> > </div>
> > <div id="Bob" class="obj_level1.1"></div>
> > </div>
>
> > Note the two divs with the same id. . .
>
> > Do I have to use:
>
> > obj.children(".obj_level1").children(".obj_level2").attr( "id",
> > "Bob" );
>
> > Originally I was using:
>
> > $("#obj > .obj_level1 > .obj_level2").attr( "id", "Bob" );
>
> > And that worked ok, but I needed the object in a variable as I and
> > using it repeatedly and didn't want to dereference it every time I use
> > it, for speed's sake.
>
> > Any thoughts as to the correct syntax to do this?
>
> > Thanks,
> > ml
