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dervlap
dervlap

Reputation: 406

How can I exclude part of the DOM to be parsed from Jquery Selector

I want a part of my page not to be parsed by the jQuery Selector.

In the example below, is there a way to get all the ".module" elements but exclude the one under the div which has the class "exclude" ?

Moreover, can we do with Jquery something like "please do not parse this area". For example, I have a page which has a div(#huge) with a HUGE html content, is there a way for Jquery to ignore this div(#huge) ?

For example, I have this structure:

<div id="page">
  <div class="exclude">
    <div class="module"></div>
    <!-- HERE HUGE HTML -->
  </div>
  <div>
    <div class="module"></div>
    <div class="module"></div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 164

Answers (3)

st3inn
st3inn

Reputation: 1596

$modulesNotTheHugeOne = $(".module").not("#huge");

selects all with class module but not the one with id huge

http://api.jquery.com/not/

Upvotes: 0

Denys S&#233;guret
Denys S&#233;guret

Reputation: 382514

In your precise case, the key is to look only in the right divs.

You would start by making the searchable collection

var $good = $('#page>div:not(.exclude)');

And all your queries would be built as $(yourquery, $good) :

var $mymodules = $('.module', $good);

Demonstration (open the console)

Note that when looking for an element by its id, it still would be more efficient to use $('#theid') rather than $('#theid', $good).

Upvotes: 1

Blazemonger
Blazemonger

Reputation: 93003

$modules = $('div:not(".exclude") > .module');

http://api.jquery.com/not-selector

Upvotes: 3

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