On 22 Nov 2008, at 23:02, Will wrote:
>
> The problem is that is the collection select object is repeated in a
> table of objects so this ID appears multiple times. To deal with it I
> created a <form id ="#{machine.fqdn}"> .... collection_select object
> </
> form> around each of these and tried to refer to them using $("#
> {machine.fqdn}").machine_user_id.selectedIndex=whatever, but the
> prototype $() function does not seem to want to take a variable. It
> seems to work with a static id, but not a variable one. Any ideas how
> this could be done?
Having multiple elements on a page with the same dom id is a super
super bad idea. Instead of creating that form with that special id,
why not give that id to the select box ?
The $ function is just a regular function - it doesn't care whether
its argument is a literal, a function call or something else.
Regardless, '.machine_user_id' is not how you would find the child of
a certain element. If you want the child of an element matching a
given css selector use the down function.
Fred
>
>
> Thanks
> Will
>
> On Nov 21, 10:26 am, Frederick Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> On Nov 21, 3:19 pm, Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a table with a collection select object that I am looking
>>> update the selectedIndex of using links on the page
>>
>> Does it need to be any more complicated than $
>> ('machine_user_id').selectedIndex = whatever (check that I got the
>> dom_id of your select box right ?)
>> if you also want to change the images on the links you'll probably
>> make life easier for your self if the image for the link is a css
>> property.
>>
>> Fred
> >
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