Thanks guys, Nice to get such a quick reply. Thanks for the tips!
Martin On Oct 27, 4:29 pm, Paul Mills <paul.f.mi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > If you just want to do a simple show/hide then you don't need to add a > class. You can use jQuery hide() and toggle() functions. > Like this: > > $('#tabs dd').hide(); > $('#tabs dt a').click(function() { > $(this).parent().next().toggle(); > return false; > > }); > > Paul > > On Oct 27, 3:59 pm, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > <dt><a href="#one">tab 1</a></dt> > > <dd id="one"> > > <h2>Container 1</h2> > > <p>Random content.</p> > > </dd> > > > $('dt a') who's your daddy ? it's dt of course, because I'm a. > > So daddy, who are your children ? Well I see only a. > > > Well, where's the dd ? It's dt's sibling of course : > > > <dt>...</dt> > > <dd>...</dd> > > > Yeah, apparently there's no dd in your dt. So : > > > $(this).closest('dt').next('dd').removeClass('hide'); > > > Should do the trick, though you might prefer using toggleClass() . > > > Michel Belleville > > > 2009/10/27Martin<martin.m.ri...@gmail.com> > > > > I'm trying to do a simple show/hide. When a user clicks an a link, I > > > want to hide the dd for that link. Any ideas why the .children() is > > > not working? > > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > > > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > > > <html> > > > <head> > > > <title>Tabs 1</title> > > > > <style type="text/css"> > > > .hide {display: none;} > > > </style> > > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script> > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > > $('#tabs dd').addClass('hide'); > > > $('dt a').click(function() { > > > > $(this).parent().children().removeClass('hide'); > > > }); > > > }); > > > </script> > > > </head> > > > <body> > > > <h1>Test 1</h1> > > > <dl id="tabs"> > > > <dt><a href="#one">tab 1</a></dt> > > > <dd id="one"> > > > <h2>Container 1</h2> > > > <p>Random content.</p> > > > </dd> > > > <dt><a href="#two">tab 2</a></dt> > > > <dd id="two"> > > > <h2>Container 2</h2> > > > <p>Random content.</p> > > > </dd> > > > <dt><a href="#three">tab 3</a></dt> > > > <dd id="three"> > > > <h2>Container 3</h2> > > > <p>Random content.</p> > > > </dd> > > > </dl> > > > > </body> > > > </html>