[Javascript] Dollar function for name=

[Philip Thompson]

On Jun 7, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Terry Riegel wrote:

> On Jun 7, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Philip Thompson <philthathril at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:32 AM, Paul Novitski wrote:
>> 
>>> At 6/6/2010 09:46 PM, Philip Thompson wrote:
>>>> $$('input[name=pizza]').some(function (el) {
>>>>  if (el.get('value') == 'sausage') {
>>>>      el.set('checked', true);
>>>>      return true;
>>>>  }
>>>>  return false;
>>>> });
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Since a radio button group can have only one option checked, we'd want to clear the 'checked' attribute for every non-sausage field:
>>> 
>>>      if (el.get('value') == 'sausage')
>>>      {
>>>              el.set('checked', true);
>>>              return true;
>>>      }
>>>      else
>>>      {
>>>              el.set('checked', false);
>>>              return false;
>>>      }
>>> 
>>> or, more concisely although perhaps not as readably:
>>> 
>>>      var bState = (el.get('value') == 'sausage');
>>>      el.set('checked', bState);
>>>      return bState;
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Paul
>> 
>> There shouldn't be a need to uncheck the other (potentially-) selected radio buttons. Selecting one will, by default, unselect the others with the same name just as if you had clicked on one.
>> 
>> ~Philip
> 
> Unless your a belt and suspenders type of person.

Touché