[jQuery] Conventional JS/DOM to jQuery conversion help
I am new to jQuery and have several questions:
1. To access a form element, I use: document.forms[frmname]
[elementname]
What is the jQuery equivalent?
Will there be any significant speed difference between the
old and jQuery way?
2. This is basically the same as #1. I am getting the hang of
accessing elements by id using $("#elementid"), but how do I access
form elements by name so I can avoid using ids.
3. I want to strip error messages after an input element --
essentially just stripping DOM siblings after the input element. See
function below:
function removeNextSiblings(elementid) {
var element = document.getElementById(elementid);
var parent = element.parentNode;
while (parent.lastChild) {
if (parent.lastChild == element)
break;
parent.removeChild(parent.lastChild);
}
}
Is there a shorter jQuery way to do this function. Ideally, it could
start with a reference to the source element object instead of an
elementid so I can avoid the use of ids in form elements.
And of course, what's the advantage to the jQuery way? Less code?
Slickers?
Cliff