Thanks SWilk ... i saved myself the hassle and changed the classname it was
looking for instead !!
----- Original Message -----
From: "SWilk" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:24 PM
Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Possible prototype bug ?
>
> Hey,
>
> I think you are missing the point of Element.next() and Element.down().
>
> Assuming you run the code you pasted into another message in this thread:
>
> $$('.cancel').each( function(element) {
> alert($(element).next()); // returns undefined ????? ....
> alert($(element).down()); // returns undefined ????? ....
> });
>
> This gets element with class .cancel, in the DOM below it is an
> <img...> element, LAST element inside the <div class="button-holder">.
>
> As it is the last element inside that div, then it has no siblings
> after it, so there is no next() element. If you try to run
> Element.prev() on this element, it should return the previous img,
> with class "save".
>
> Same with Element.down(); IMG elements can have NO children. There are
> no children elements of your img.cancel tag, then down() returns null.
> If you try to go up() the DOM, then you will reach the parent element
> of your img - <div class="button-holder">.
>
> What I am trying to say is that you can go next() and prev() only on
> same DOM branch, you can not "jump" to another branch.
>
> To reach <div id="salary2-wrapper"> from <img class="cancel"> you need
> to go up() from IMG, and then go next().
>
> Regards,
> SWilk
>
>
> Jeztah wrote:
>> <div class="button-holder">
>> <img class="save" alt="Save The Changes" src="/resources/includes/
>> images/smallsave.png"/>
>> <img class="cancel" alt="Cancel Changes" src="/resources/includes/
>> images/smallcancel.png"/>
>> </div>
>> <div id="salary2-wrapper" class="tf edit editYes" title="Click to
>> edit!" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;">
>> <input id="employment_details-fa5a746-1-salary2-integer" class="1 2 tf
>> editBox" type="text" value="20,000"/>
>> </div>
>>
>> with the above DOM / Html setup i have invoked a click on
>> class="cancel" like so ..
>>
>>
>> how can this possibly be if the html is nowhere near the end of the
>> document ? .. its confusing the hell out of me, or am i missing the
>> point of what next() / down() are meant to do .. as i was under the
>> impression that they were to traverse up and down the DOM !!
>> >
>>
>
>
> >
>
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