[jQuery] Re: Getting the id of the next form

Try this:
full jQuery
$("a.ctrl_s").bind("click",function() {saveForm( $
(this).next().attr("id") );});

would get the element after the "A" => "FORM" then get its id

On 30 Sep., 11:02, Bruce MacKay <b.mac...@massey.ac.nz> wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I have a page containing a number of forms e.g.
>
> <div id="alerts">
>          <p><a href="#" class="ctrl_s">[an image]</a></p>
>          <form id="f_alert">
>                  [various form elements]
>          </form>
> </div>
>
> <div id="whodidit">
>          <p><a href="#" class="ctrl_s">[an image]</a></p>
>          <form id="f_whodidit">
>                  [various form elements]
>          </form>
> </div>
>
> The class "ctrl_s" is bound to a function that will serialize the
> contents of the form and send the contents (via ajax) to the server
> for processing
>
> $("a.ctrl_s").bind("click",function() {saveForm( [the id of the next
> form] );});
>
> How do I get the "id of the next form" for sending to the "saveForm"
> function?   I'm afraid that I just don't yet understand selectors and
> traversing well enough to nut this out myself.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce