[jQuery] Re: Pagination control jquery -- Need some help

Why don't you just do it like:

$('#prev').css('cursor','pointer').click(function(){
$('.page:visible').hide().prev().show();
}

Same with next.

$('#next').css('cursor','pointer').click(function(){
$('.page:visible').hide().next().show();
}

You will pro

On Feb 26, 5:43 pm, Doug C <lietmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wrote this jquery to basically dynamically build a paging control
> for long articles, etc....
> I have it dynamically generating a UL, a page selector and a drop
> down
> selector and I just need to write a piece that will do a <-Prev and
> Next -> and my brain is having trouble with it. Here is the code in
> simplified form. I also don't have the coding for the contect
> highlighting done yet to show what page we are on.
>
> HTML:
> <div id="headerUL"><!--UL goes here--></div>
> <div id="page1" class="page" title="Section 1">This is Page 1</div>
> <div id="page2" class="page" title="Section 2">This is Page 2</div>
> <div id="page3" class="page" title="Section 3">This is Page 3</div>
> <div id="page4" class="page" title="Section 4">This is Page 4</div>
> <div id="prev"><!--This will be the Prev Link--></div>
> <div id="PageNum"><!-- Page Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4--></div>
> <div id="next"><!--This will be the Next Link--></div>
> <div id="DropDown"><!--Drop down box--></div>
> Here is the Jquery I have that generates it. I just need some help
> getting Prev and Next done.
>  <script>
>   $(document).ready(function(){
> //Prestate
> $(".page:not(:first)").hide();
> $(".page:first").show();
> //Let's get the # of pages.
> var numPages = $(".page").length;
> var pageNums= "";
> var prev = "", next="";
> var i = 1;
> var lister = "<UL id=pageUL>";
> var selector = "<select id=pageSelect>";
> $(".page").each(function(i) {
> pageNums+= "<a href=# id="+this.id+" class=pageids>"+(i+1)+",</
> a>&nbsp;"
> lister+="<LI><a href=#  class=pageLI>"+$("#"+this.id).attr('title')
> +"</
> a></LI>"
> selector+="<option class=pageSE value="+$("#"+this.id).attr('title')
> +">"+$("#"+this.id).attr('title')+"</option>"
>
> });
>
> lister+="</UL>";
> selector+="</select>";
> //Add the Click events
> $(".pageids").live("click", function(){
>                 $("#"+this.id).show();
>                 $(".page:not(#"+this.id+")").hide();
>
> });
>
>         $(".pageLI").live("click",function(){
>                         var ht = $(this).html()
>                         $(".page").hide();
>                         $("DIV[title='"+ht+"']").show();
>         });
>         $(".pageSE").live('click',function(){
>                         var ht = $(this).text();
>                         $(".page").hide();
>                         $("DIV[title='"+ht+"']").show();
>         });
> //Set the values
> $("#PageNum").html(pageNums);
> $("#headerUL").html(lister);
> $("#DropDown").html(selector);
>
> });
>
>   </script>
> Thanks in advance.