Jquery $(this) Child Selector

Question

I'm using this on a page:

jQuery('.class1 a').click( function() {
  if ($(".class2").is(":hidden")) {
    $(".class2").slideDown("slow");
  } else {
    $(".class2").slideUp();
  }
});

With a structure in the page later that goes like this:

<div class="class1">
<a href="...">text</a>
<div class="class2">text</div>
</div>

This is working fine, except when you have multipule class1/class2 sets like so:

<div class="class1">
<a href="...">text</a>
<div class="class2">text</div>
</div>
<div class="class1">
<a href="...">text</a>
<div class="class2">text</div>
</div>
<div class="class1">
<a href="...">text</a>
<div class="class2">text</div>
</div>

How do I change the initial jquery code so that it only effects the class 2 under the current class1 that was clicked? I've tried variations of what was recommended on this page but havent gotten it to work yet: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/306583/jquery-this-selector-and-children

Answer 1

The best way with the HTML you have would probably be to use the next function, like so:

var div = $(this).next('.class2');

Since the click handler is happening to the <a>, you could also traverse up to the parent DIV, then search down for the second DIV. You would do this with a combination of parent and children. This approach would be best if the HTML you put up is not exactly like that and the second DIV could be in another location relative to the link:

var div = $(this).parent().children('.class2');

If you wanted the "search" to not be limited to immediate children, you would use find instead of children in the example above.

Also, it is always best to prepend your class selectors with the tag name if at all possible. ie, if only <div> tags are going to have those classes, make the selector be div.class1, div.class2.

Answer 2

http://www.visualjquery.com/ Traversing--> Finding--> Children

Answer 3

In the click event "this" is the a tag that was clicked

jQuery('.class1 a').click( function() {
   var divToSlide = $(this).parent().find(".class2");
   if (divToSlide.is(":hidden")) {
      divToSlide.slideDown("slow");
   } else {
      divToSlide.slideUp();
   }
});

There's multiple ways to get to the div though you could also use .siblings, .next etc

Answer 4

This is a lot simpler with .slideToggle():

jQuery('.class1 a').click( function() {
  $(this).next('.class2').slideToggle();
});

EDIT: made it .next instead of .siblings

http://www.mredesign.com/demos/jquery-effects-1/

You can also add cookie's to remember where you're at...

http://c.hadcoleman.com/2008/09/jquery-slide-toggle-with-cookie/