$('#testText').contents(':not(select)')[0].nodeValue;
$('#testText').contents('[nodeType=3]')[0].nodeValue;
I fear these aren't going to work in 1.3 as the new selector engine
doesn't handle textnodes anymore!
On Jan 15, 5:09 pm, kazuar <kazuar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks a lot ricardobeat.
>
> work like a charm :)
>
>
>
> ricardobeat wrote:
>
> > There are two alternatives:
>
> > $('#testText').contents(':not(select)')[0].nodeValue;
>
> > this one is unsupported but works too:
>
> > $('#testText').contents('[nodeType=3]')[0].nodeValue;
>
> > Notice that both will keep the linebreaks. if text() could handle
> > textnodes this would be much easier.
>
> > - ricardo
>
> > On Jan 12, 2:43 pm, kazuar <kazuar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> I thank you all for your help.
> >> I guess I'll go with Bohdan's suggestion.
> >> I'll put the text inside another tag (probably p tag...).
>
> >> thanks again for all your help,
> >> if you think of anything else please let me know.
>
> >> Kazuar
>
> >> Bohdan Ganicky wrote:
>
> >> > Hello,
>
> >> > maybe it could be easier to use the good old DOM in this scenario:
>
> >> > var textNode = $('#testText').get().firstChild; // now we have the
> >> > textNode
> >> > var textRaw = textNode.nodeValue; // now we have the text string with
> >> > all the white-space around
> >> > var text = $.trim(textRaw); // we strip the trailing white-space using
> >> > the jQuery trim function
>
> >> > Of course this works as expected only if the text you're looking for
> >> > is placed in the #testText's first textNode.
>
> >> > I'd recommend using more meaningful markup instead and putting the
> >> > text inside <p> element. ;)
>
> >> > --
> >> > Bohdan Ganicky
>
> >> > On Jan 12, 11:55 am, kazuar <kazuar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> hello, Im kinda new in jquery so maybe its a begginer question.
> >> >> I have a page with a div containing some text and a combobox.
> >> >> something like that
>
> >> >> <div id="testText">
> >> >> hello this is text and this is combobox
> >> >> <select><option value='1'>1</option><option
> >> value='2'>2</option><option
> >> >> value='3'>3</option></select></div>
>
> >> >> I wrote a function which return the text from the div.
>
> >> >> alert($('#testText').text());
>
> >> >> My problem is that the function also return the text inside the
> >> >> combobox.
> >> >> is there a way to filter out the combobox text?
>
> >> >> the only workaround I can think of is to wrap my text in another div
> >> and
> >> >> call its text.
> >> >> This workaround will be a bit complicated for me because the text on
> >> my
> >> >> page
> >> >> is dynamic and it can come after the input field or before the input
> >> >> field
> >> >> so I just want to get the text inside the div without the input fields
> >> >> text... (This only happens with combobox).
>
> >> >> tnx,
> >> >> Kazuar
>
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