support of ancestor:: axis

Reported by:	stripTM	Owned by:
Priority:	undecided	Milestone:
Component:	ajax	Version:
Keywords:	xpath axis	Cc:	""
Blocked by:		Blocking:

Description

I am not able to succeed in xpath searches with axes. For example with simple searches as:

alert ($("//div/descendant::p").size());

I obtain the following error.

f has no properties (line 697) -> if ( f.constructor != String )

I am using the following version:

$Date: 2006-08-25 23:51:03 -0400 (Fri, 25 Aug 2006) $

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Change History (4)

Changed August 31, 2006 06:23AM UTC by john comment:1

resolution:	→ wontfix
status:	new → closed

That's correct - jQuery doesn't support the (explicit) descendant axis, instead, you can write the above using a combination of XPath and CSS Selectors:

$("//div p")

or more simply:

$("div p")

I don't really plan on including it, simply because it would add wait to the overall size of the file, without really adding any benefit.

Changed September 01, 2006 07:11AM UTC by striptm@yaho comment:2

keywords:	→ xpath axis
resolution:	wontfix
status:	closed → reopened
summary:	xpath search with axes doesn't work → support of ancestor:: axis
type:	bug → feature

Ok, and ancestor:: ancestor-or-self:: axis is supported?

is better to use .ancestors()?

Changed September 14, 2006 02:49AM UTC by john comment:3

resolution:	→ fixed
status:	reopened → closed

Correct, please use the additional methods for this, as opposed to the selectors.

Changed October 11, 2009 02:08PM UTC by dmethvin comment:4

component:	→ ajax
description:	I am not able to succeed in xpath searches with axes. For example with simple searches as:\ \ alert ($("//div/descendant::p").size());\ \ I obtain the following error.\ \ f has no properties (line 697) -> if ( f.constructor != String )\ \ I am using the following version:\ $Date: 2006-08-25 23:51:03 -0400 (Fri, 25 Aug 2006) $ → I am not able to succeed in xpath searches with axes. For example with simple searches as: \ \ alert ($("//div/descendant::p").size()); \ \ I obtain the following error. \ \ f has no properties (line 697) -> if ( f.constructor != String ) \ \ I am using the following version: \ $Date: 2006-08-25 23:51:03 -0400 (Fri, 25 Aug 2006) $
need:	→ Review
priority:	→ blocker
resolution:	→ fixed
status:	new → closed
type:	→ bug

Reopened by spammer.

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