[jQuery] select links not children of li

[jQuery] select links not children of li

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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=553343222-08012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>So then why wouldn't THIS work:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=553343222-08012007>$('a').filter('li
a').click( function()
{<BR>        $(this).remove();<BR>        return
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@jquery.com
[mailto:discuss-bounces@jquery.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Yehuda
Katz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 08, 2007 4:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B> jQuery
Discussion.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [jQuery] select links not children of
li<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>.not(n) only works when n is a filter, like .not(".absolute") or
.not(":visible")... it can not be used to test arbitrary expressions.<BR><BR>--
Yehuda<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/8/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Andy
Matthews</B> <<A
href="mailto:amatthews@dealerskins.com">amatthews@dealerskins.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Why
doesn't this work:<BR><BR>$('a').not('li a').click( function()
{<BR>        $(this).remove();<BR>        return
false;<BR>});<BR><BR>On this code:<BR><a href="">this is a
link</a> <BR><br /><br /><BR><BR><li><a
href="">a link inside an li tag</a></li><BR><li><a
href="">and another</a></li><BR><BR><br /><br />
<BR><a href="">and finally another link at the
bottom</a><BR><BR>It correctly removes the bottom and top links, but it
also removes the two<BR>links found within LI tags, which from the way I read
the API it should not.
<BR><BR>____________________________________<BR><BR>Andy Matthews<BR>Senior
Coldfusion Developer<BR><BR>Office:  877.707.5467
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On<BR>Behalf Of Jörn Zaefferer<BR>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 3:59
PM<BR>To: jQuery Discussion.<BR>Subject: Re: [jQuery] select links not
children of li <BR><BR>spinnach schrieb:<BR>> ..how to select all links on
a page that are not inside a list (not<BR>> children of
'li')?..<BR>><BR>Untested:<BR>$("a").filter(function() { return
!$(this).parents().is("ul "); }) <BR><BR>Requires 1.1<BR><BR>--<BR>Jörn
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