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TakN
TakN

Reputation: 87

The Sibling Function

I would like to know what are the requirements for the sibling() function. For instance which selector will come in the parameters () if the html is as below and I am targeting the now div class and could you explain in a bit of detail which parent element or what is suppose to be in the parameters. Thanks all help is appreciated

   $(function(){
          $(".target").click(function(){
              $(this).siblings(".a_cont").slideDown(100);
          });
   })

<div class='yes'>
  <div class='what'> 
    <button class='target'> </button>
    <div class='now'> </div>
  </div>
</div>

<div class='yes'>
<div class='what'> 
    <button class='target'> </button>
    <div class='now'> </div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 614

Answers (2)

salambshr
salambshr

Reputation: 73

You might try this : css:

.now {
    width:100%; 
    height:100px; 
    display:none;
 }

html : target target.sibling 

<div class="yes">
    <div class="what">
        <button class="target">target</button>
        <div class="now">target.sibling</div>
    </div>
</div>

js : 

 $(function () {
            $(".target").click(function () {
                $(this).siblings().slideDown(100);
            });          
        })

Upvotes: 0

justkt
justkt

Reputation: 14766

The jQuery API documentation is really usually quite helpful. This is the page on .siblings().

The documentation states:

Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the .siblings() method allows us to search through the siblings of these elements in the DOM tree and construct a new jQuery object from the matching elements.

The method optionally accepts a selector expression of the same type that we can pass to the $() function. If the selector is supplied, the elements will be filtered by testing whether they match it.

So you start with a jQuery object, such as $(this) in your example. .siblings() will find all of the sibling elements in the DOM tree, and the result is a new jQuery object. The selector allows you to filter out elements. So to do what you want from the button that has your handler requires the code:

$(this).siblings(".now");

That takes the class now as the filter.

Upvotes: 1

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