doh! i never even noticed the missing (), thanks.
On Aug 12, 12:42 pm, James <[email protected]> wrote: > This: > $(obj).parent.addClass("newstyle"); > > should be like: > $(obj).parent().addClass("newstyle"); > > On Aug 11, 1:08 pm, Russ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have a link; > > <a href="javascript:{}" onclick="DoSomething(this)">click me</a> > > > And what i'd like to do is use the "this" object to manipulate the css > > of its parent; > > > function DoSomething(obj) { > > > if(obj) { > > $(obj).parent.addClass("newstyle"); > > > //i can do this with javascript, but i dont want to write > > styles into my js > > //obj.parentNode.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFEE'; > > } > > > } > > > Does anyone know how to do this with jquery?
