also to note
$("input[readonly]") should also work as that sector says "give me all
inputs that have the attribute read only", and it doesn't matter what
the value is, just that it's there
On Mar 13, 4:00 am, ggerri <gerald.ressm...@ewz.ch> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Ricardo :handshake:
>
> That both worked =)
>
> But I have to admit that I dont know why .readOnly works.:confused: couldnt
> find anything like that in the docs and thought that you always have to
> select attributes with [..] or .attr(..) Is this an officially working
> function?
>
> Thanks :-)
> Gerald
>
>
>
> ricardobeat wrote:
>
> > You're returning the object you created, so that will always be true.
> > Return the .length property and it shoud work:
>
> > $.extend($.expr[':'],{
> > readonly: function(a) {
> > return !!$(a).filter('[readonly="true"],
> > [readonly=""]').length;
> > }
> > });
>
> > But a simpler/faster/safer alternative is the DOM property 'readOnly',
> > which seems to work fine on all major browsers:
>
> > $.extend($.expr[':'],{
> > readonly: function(a) {
> > return !!a.readOnly;
> > }
> > });
>
> > You have to use !! to enforce returning a boolean value.
>
> > cheers,
> > - ricardo
> > On Mar 12, 9:30 am, ggerri <gerald.ressm...@ewz.ch> wrote:
> >> Hi there
> >> jQuery 1.3 has problems with handling the readonly attribute (already
> >> filed
> >> a ticket but I'm a bit stuck here with my project).
>
> >> When you want to select readonly inputs, you have to use [readonly=""]
> >> in
> >> Firefox and [readonly="true"] in IE6...
>
> >> ( because the DOM looks like that after ".attr('readonly','readonly');":
> >> FF: <input id="A1" type="text" value="90" readonly=""/>
> >> IE6: <INPUT id="A1" readOnly=True> )
>
> >> So I tried to extend :
>
> >> $.extend($.expr[':'],{ readonly: function(a) {
> >> return $(a).filter('[readonly="true"],
> >> [readonly=""]');
> >>
> >> }
> >> });
>
> >> But:
>
> >> $(':text:readonly').addClass('gtest');
>
> >> doesnt care about the custom selector and just choses all :text fields.
> >> :,(
>
> >> what's wrong with my extendtion? :confused:
>
> >> thanks a lot guys:handshake:
> >> Gerald
>
> >> ps. $(':text').not("[readonly='true'], [readonly=''],
> >> [readonly='readonly']") works fine in both browsers selecting all input
> >> fields which are not readonly but using a working :readonly would be more
> >> elegant right?
>
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