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JavaScript

Posted by Jeremy Frimond
Jeremy Frimond
14,470 Points

Need Help Evaluating a Jquery String

Can anyone explain why this string will not prepend my text:

$( document ).ready(function() {

$("#menu-employeenav li").hasClass( "current-menu-item" ).prepend("> >");

}

While this one will:

$( ".current-menu-item" ).prepend("> >");

I have multiple menus in my website. I dont want the >> to appear in all my menus so I am trying to be more specific.

EDIT: I changed the string order to has .hasClass() at the end and the quotes appear, but on all the li elements. is there a function that evaluates if a class is present vs the .hasClass() that gives the element the class? Cheers

2 Answers

Giuseppe Nardella
Giuseppe Nardella
17,790 Points

Try this:

$("#menu-employeenav").children( "li.current-menu-item" ).prepend("> >");
Placid Rodrigues
Placid Rodrigues
12,630 Points
Placid Rodrigues
Placid Rodrigues
12,630 Points

Your first code is missing a semicolon at the end. It will be

$( document ).ready(function() {
};