I have some simple HTML:
<div>Below is the div id containing the attorney value. </div>
<div id="attorney"> 0 </div>
<div id="profiletab1">THIS IS THE DIV I WANT TO HIDE</div>
On page load, when the value of div.attorney = '0' I'd like to change the div.profiletab1 css display style="none".
I'm not sure what I'm missing.
<script type="text/javascript">
function myfunc(){
var atty= document.getElementById("attorney").value;
if (atty=== '0'){
document.getElementById("profiletab1").style.display = "none";
}
}
window.onload = myfunc;
</script>
You need to get the textContent, not the value and trim it since there are spaces in there:
function myfunc() {
var atty = document.getElementById("attorney").textContent.trim();
if (atty === '0') {
document.getElementById("profiletab1").style.display = "none";
}
}
The value property is usually only kept on input elements. How about the innerText?
var atty= document.getElementById("attorney").value;
// .innerText;
This text has spaces on either side, 0, so it isn't equal to 0. To trim the spacing you could use String.prototype.trim() like atty.trim() which would return 0.
if (atty=== '0'){
// atty.trim() === '0'
Is your "THIS IS THE DIV I WANT TO HIDE" the one with the ID "profiletab1"? That should work OK.
Put it together:
function myfunc(){
var atty = document.getElementById("attorney").innerText;
if (atty.trim() === '0') {
document.getElementById("profiletab1").style.display = "none";
}
}
You need to use innerText instead of value. Value is for getting text in value=" " attribute.
<div>Below is the div id containing the attorney value. </div>
<div id="attorney">0</div>
<div id="profiletab1">THIS IS THE DIV I WANT TO HIDE</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myfunc(){
var atty = document.getElementById("attorney").innerText;
if (atty=== '0')
{
document.getElementById("profiletab1").style.display = "none";
}
}
window.onload = myfunc;
</script>
I'm trying to create simple dictionary web-page and I need to show certain DIV with word's translation and description which is entered in INPUT.
I've created some simple JavaScript for that, but I want to use about 50 words and not planning to create 50 scripts for that :D.
var match = 'cat',
input = document.getElementById('searchbox'),
div = document.getElementById('cat');
input.onkeyup = function(e){
if (this.value == match){
div.style.display = 'block';
}
else {
div.style.display = 'none';
}
};
Instead of that I want to use something different. My goal is to achieve something like that - If text entered in INPUT equals to one my DIV's ID than show it.
For example if visitor typed "CAT" in INPUT than show DIV with "CAT" ID and so on. One script instead of 50.
You can write a function in javascript like this and call this function on click of a button.
<script type="text/javascript">
function fSDiv(var txt,var EId)
{
if(document.getElementById(EId).value === txt)
{
document.getElementById(EId).style.display = "block";
}
}
</script>
You can check if an element exists using the typeof keyword like this:
var input = document.getElementById('searchbox');
var div = document.getElementById(input.value);
if(typeof(div) !=== 'undefined') {
div.style.display = 'block';
}
No idea where the problem lies, tried various things and I'm not having any luck. I've done this successfully before in the past but now it won't work, any help would be great...
HTML snippet:
<tr>
<td class="tableContent noBorderSides paddingAll"><img class="imgResize" src="images/emptyCircle.png" onclick="expandItem()"/>
<div id="Expand" class="hiddenDiv">
HELLO?
</div>
JavaScript:
function expandItem() {
if (document.getElementById("Expand").style.display == 'block') {
document.getElementById("Expand").style.display = 'none';
}
else if (document.getElementById("Expand").style.display == 'none') {
document.getElementById("Expand").style.display = 'block';
}
}
CSS:
.hiddenDiv {
display: none;
}
What am I doing wrong?
The initial display that is set in your CSS won't be reachable from the .style property.
Do it like this:
function expandItem() {
var expand = document.getElementById("Expand");
if (expand.style.display == '') {
expand.style.display = 'block';
}
else if (expand.style.display == 'block') {
expand.style.display = '';
}
}
Or a little shorter like this:
function expandItem() {
var expand = document.getElementById("Expand");
expand.style.display = (expand.style.display == '') ? 'none' : '';
}
Use .getComputedStyle() to get any style attributes associated with a given element. Notice, that the object returned is read only, so you'll want to use this for the initial if statement, and then set the style as you were doing above.
You could just remove the class from the element that defines the hidden property and add when you want to hide:
if (document.getElementById("Expand").className == '') {
document.getElementById("Expand").className = 'hiddenDiv';
}
else if (document.getElementById("Expand").className == 'hiddenDiv') {
document.getElementById("Expand").className = '';
}
Do note that if you have other classes on that element you will need to do a little string manip rather than just a straight check and remove.
//Temporary solution
//Replace your javascript code with following code
if (document.getElementById("Expand").style.display == 'block') {
document.getElementById("Expand").style.display = 'none';
}
else{
document.getElementById("Expand").style.display = 'block';
}
//Note :- Javascript detect '' (empty) when it try to search display property for expand block
#user1689607's answer is right if you need to just use javascript. If you have access to jQuery you can do it like so
$("#Expand").toggle();
And a simple jsfiddle to demonstrate: http://jsfiddle.net/P36YA/
I'm looking to convert a function that selects by id to select the next instance of a given class.
Here is the code.
function swap3(oldDivId, newDivId) {
var oldDiv = document.getElementById(oldDivId);
var newDiv = document.getElementById(newDivId);
oldDiv.style.display = "none";
newDiv.style.display = "block";
}
Suppose you have this HTML:
<div id="test"></div>
<img>
<br>
<div></div>
<input>
<div class="abc">Found it</div>
<div class="cdf"></div>
Updated at 2021
The original answer is quite old now. Since the original question have the jQuery tag, the answer keeps valid and usable. But for those coming here with the hope to see an updated JavaScript code with no dependency on jQuery, take a look on how querySelector is a awesome nowadays:
const next = document.querySelector('#test ~ .abc')
next.textContent = 'Yeah, you found it!'
So the secret is to use the general sibling combinator that matches all iterations of the second element, but with querySelector that returns only the first match.
Original answer
So you select the first div by id:
var some = $("#test");
Then you want to find the next div with the class abc:
var next = some.nextAll("div.abc");
Suppose you want a variable as the className:
var x = "abc";
var next = some.nextAll("div." + x);
If I understand your question:
function nextItem(className) {
return $('#ID').closest('.' + className);
}
using closest: http://api.jquery.com/closest/
Select by ID in jQuery:
$('#class_name')
Select by class in jQuery:
$('.class_name')
Get the next item in jQuery:
$('.class_name').next('.class_name')
Using this, you can do something like
// Something to remember the current element
var currentElement = false;
function getNext(className)
{
// First time, there will be no current element
if (!currentElement)
{
currentElement = $('.' + className);
return currentElement;
}
// Other times...
currentElement = $(currentElement).next('.' + className);
return currentElement;
Let's say I have an html form. Each input/select/textarea will have a corresponding <label> with the for attribute set to the id of it's companion. In this case, I know that each input will only have a single label.
Given an input element in javascript — via an onkeyup event, for example — what's the best way to find it's associated label?
If you are using jQuery you can do something like this
$('label[for="foo"]').hide ();
If you aren't using jQuery you'll have to search for the label. Here is a function that takes the element as an argument and returns the associated label
function findLableForControl(el) {
var idVal = el.id;
labels = document.getElementsByTagName('label');
for( var i = 0; i < labels.length; i++ ) {
if (labels[i].htmlFor == idVal)
return labels[i];
}
}
First, scan the page for labels, and assign a reference to the label from the actual form element:
var labels = document.getElementsByTagName('LABEL');
for (var i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) {
if (labels[i].htmlFor != '') {
var elem = document.getElementById(labels[i].htmlFor);
if (elem)
elem.label = labels[i];
}
}
Then, you can simply go:
document.getElementById('MyFormElem').label.innerHTML = 'Look ma this works!';
No need for a lookup array :)
There is a labels property in the HTML5 standard which points to labels which are associated to an input element.
So you could use something like this (support for native labels property but with a fallback for retrieving labels in case the browser doesn't support it)...
var getLabelsForInputElement = function(element) {
var labels = [];
var id = element.id;
if (element.labels) {
return element.labels;
}
id && Array.prototype.push
.apply(labels, document.querySelector("label[for='" + id + "']"));
while (element = element.parentNode) {
if (element.tagName.toLowerCase() == "label") {
labels.push(element);
}
}
return labels;
};
// ES6
var getLabelsForInputElement = (element) => {
let labels;
let id = element.id;
if (element.labels) {
return element.labels;
}
if (id) {
labels = Array.from(document.querySelector(`label[for='${id}']`)));
}
while (element = element.parentNode) {
if (element.tagName.toLowerCase() == "label") {
labels.push(element);
}
}
return labels;
};
Even easier if you're using jQuery...
var getLabelsForInputElement = function(element) {
var labels = $();
var id = element.id;
if (element.labels) {
return element.labels;
}
id && (labels = $("label[for='" + id + "']")));
labels = labels.add($(element).parents("label"));
return labels;
};
document.querySelector("label[for=" + vHtmlInputElement.id + "]");
This answers the question in the simplest and leanest manner.
This uses vanilla javascript and works on all main-stream proper browsers.
I am a bit surprised that nobody seems to know that you're perfectly allowed to do:
<label>Put your stuff here: <input value="Stuff"></label>
Which won't get picked up by any of the suggested answers, but will label the input correctly.
Here's some code that does take this case into account:
$.fn.getLabels = function() {
return this.map(function() {
var labels = $(this).parents('label');
if (this.id) {
labels.add('label[for="' + this.id + '"]');
}
return labels.get();
});
};
Usage:
$('#myfancyinput').getLabels();
Some notes:
The code was written for clarity, not for performance. More performant alternatives may be available.
This code supports getting the labels of multiple items in one go. If that's not what you want, adapt as necessary.
This still doesn't take care of things like aria-labelledby if you were to use that (left as an exercise to the reader).
Using multiple labels is a tricky business when it comes to support in different user agents and assistive technologies, so test well and use at your own risk, etc. etc.
Yes, you could also implement this without using jQuery. :-)
Earlier...
var labels = document.getElementsByTagName("LABEL"),
lookup = {},
i, label;
for (i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) {
label = labels[i];
if (document.getElementById(label.htmlFor)) {
lookup[label.htmlFor] = label;
}
}
Later...
var myLabel = lookup[myInput.id];
Snarky comment: Yes, you can also do it with JQuery. :-)
All the other answers are extremely outdated!!
All you have to do is:
input.labels
HTML5 has been supported by all of the major browsers for many years already. There is absolutely no reason that you should have to make this from scratch on your own or polyfill it! Literally just use input.labels and it solves all of your problems.
with jquery you could do something like
var nameOfLabel = someInput.attr('id');
var label = $("label[for='" + nameOfLabel + "']");
If you're willing to use querySelector (and you can, even down to IE9 and sometimes IE8!), another method becomes viable.
If your form field has an ID, and you use the label's for attribute, this becomes pretty simple in modern JavaScript:
var form = document.querySelector('.sample-form');
var formFields = form.querySelectorAll('.form-field');
[].forEach.call(formFields, function (formField) {
var inputId = formField.id;
var label = form.querySelector('label[for=' + inputId + ']');
console.log(label.textContent);
});
Some have noted about multiple labels; if they all use the same value for the for attribute, just use querySelectorAll instead of querySelector and loop through to get everything you need.
Solution One <label>: One <input>
Using HTML 5.2 reference
Considering the <label> pointing to <input> using for=, the labels element will be a non empty array, and act as a link to the <label> element, accessing all properties of it, including its id=.
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML = "The first label associated with input: <b>" + document.getElementById("input4").labels[0].id + "</b>";
}
<form>
<label id="theLabel" for="input4">my id is "theLabel"</label>
<input name="name1" id="input4" value="my id is input4">
<br>
</form>
<p>Click the "click me" button to see the label properties</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">click me</button>
<p id="p1"></p>
Solution Many <label>: One <input>
With more than one <label> using for=, you can make a loop to show all of them, like this:
function myFunction2() {
var x = document.getElementById("input7").labels;
let text = "";
for (let i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
text += x[i].id + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById("p7").innerHTML = text;
}
<b>Three labels for one input</b><br>
<br>
<form>
<label id="theLabel2" for="input7">my id is "theLabel2</label><br>
<label id="theLabel3" for="input7">my id is "theLabel3</label><br>
<label id="theLabel4" for="input7">my id is "theLabel4</label><br>
<input name="name1" id="input7" value="my id is input7">
<br>
</form>
<p>Click the "click me" button to see the label properties</p>
<button onclick="myFunction2()">click me2</button>
<p id="p7"></p>
$("label[for='inputId']").text()
This helped me to get the label of an input element using its ID.
Answer from Gijs was most valuable for me, but unfortunately the extension does not work.
Here's a rewritten extension that works, it may help someone:
jQuery.fn.getLabels = function () {
return this.map(function () {
var parentLabels = $(this).parents('label').get();
var associatedLabels = this.id ? associatedLabels = $("label[for='" + this.id + "']").get() : [];
return parentLabels.concat(associatedLabels);
});
};
A really concise solution using ES6 features like destructuring and implicit returns to turn it into a handy one liner would be:
const getLabels = ({ labels, id }) => labels || document.querySelectorAll(`label[for=${id}]`)
Or to simply get one label, not a NodeList:
const getFirstLabel = ({ labels, id }) => labels && labels[0] || document.querySelector(`label[for=${id}]`)
It is actually far easier to add an id to the label in the form itself, for example:
<label for="firstName" id="firstNameLabel">FirstName:</label>
<input type="text" id="firstName" name="firstName" class="input_Field"
pattern="^[a-zA-Z\s\-]{2,25}$" maxlength="25"
title="Alphabetic, Space, Dash Only, 2-25 Characters Long"
autocomplete="on" required
/>
Then, you can simply use something like this:
if (myvariableforpagelang == 'es') {
// set field label to spanish
document.getElementById("firstNameLabel").innerHTML = "Primer Nombre:";
// set field tooltip (title to spanish
document.getElementById("firstName").title = "Alfabética, espacio, guión Sólo, 2-25 caracteres de longitud";
}
The javascript does have to be in a body onload function to work.
Just a thought, works beautifully for me.
As it has been already mentionned, the (currently) top-rated answer does not take into account the possibility to embed an input inside a label.
Since nobody has posted a JQuery-free answer, here is mine :
var labels = form.getElementsByTagName ('label');
var input_label = {};
for (var i = 0 ; i != labels.length ; i++)
{
var label = labels[i];
var input = label.htmlFor
? document.getElementById(label.htmlFor)
: label.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
input_label[input.outerHTML] =
(label.innerText || label.textContent); // innerText for IE8-
}
In this example, for the sake of simplicity, the lookup table is directly indexed by the input HTML elements. This is hardly efficient and you can adapt it however you like.
You can use a form as base element, or the whole document if you want to get labels for multiple forms at once.
No checks are made for incorrect HTML (multiple or missing inputs inside labels, missing input with corresponding htmlFor id, etc), but feel free to add them.
You might want to trim the label texts, since trailing spaces are often present when the input is embedded in the label.
The best answer works perfectly fine but in most cases, it is overkill and inefficient to loop through all the label elements.
Here is an efficent function to get the label that goes with the input element:
function getLabelForInput(id)
{
var el = document.getElementById(id);
if (!el)
return null;
var elPrev = el.previousElementSibling;
var elNext = el.nextElementSibling;
while (elPrev || elNext)
{
if (elPrev)
{
if (elPrev.htmlFor === id)
return elPrev;
elPrev = elPrev.previousElementSibling;
}
if (elNext)
{
if (elNext.htmlFor === id)
return elNext;
elNext = elNext.nextElementSibling;
}
}
return null;
}
For me, this one line of code was sufficient:
el = document.getElementById(id).previousElementSibling;
In most cases, the label will be very close or next to the input, which means the loop in the above function only needs to iterate a very small number of times.
Use a JQuery selector:
$("label[for="+inputElement.id+"]")
For future searchers... The following is a jQuery-ified version of FlySwat's accepted answer:
var labels = $("label");
for (var i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) {
var fieldId = labels[i].htmlFor;
if (fieldId != "") {
var elem = $("#" + fieldId);
if (elem.length != 0) {
elem.data("label", $(labels[i]));
}
}
}
Using:
$("#myFormElemId").data("label").css("border","3px solid red");
I know this is old, but I had trouble with some solutions and pieced this together. I have tested this on Windows (Chrome, Firefox and MSIE) and OS X (Chrome and Safari) and believe this is the simplest solution. It works with these three style of attaching a label.
<label><input type="checkbox" class="c123" id="cb1" name="item1">item1</label>
<input type="checkbox" class="c123" id="cb2" name="item2">item2</input>
<input type="checkbox" class="c123" id="cb3" name="item3"><label for="cb3">item3</label>
Using jQuery:
$(".c123").click(function() {
$cb = $(this);
$lb = $(this).parent();
alert( $cb.attr('id') + ' = ' + $lb.text() );
});
My JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/pnosko/6PQCw/
I have made for my own need, can be useful for somebody: JSFIDDLE
$("input").each(function () {
if ($.trim($(this).prev('label').text()) != "") {
console.log("\nprev>children:");
console.log($.trim($(this).prev('label').text()));
} else {
if ($.trim($(this).parent('label').text()) != "") {
console.log("\nparent>children:");
console.log($.trim($(this).parent('label').text()));
} else {
if ($.trim($(this).parent().prev('label').text()) != "") {
console.log("\nparent>prev>children:");
console.log($.trim($(this).parent().prev('label').text()));
} else {
console.log("NOTFOUND! So set your own condition now");
}
}
}
});
I am bit surprised no one is suggesting to use the CSS relationship method?
in a style sheet you can reference a label from the element selector:
<style>
//for input element with class 'YYY'
input.YYY + label {}
</style>
if the checkbox has an id of 'XXX'
then the label would be found through jQuery by:
$('#XXX + label');
You can also apply .find('+ label') to return the label from a jQuery checkbox element, ie useful when looping:
$('input[type=checkbox]').each( function(){
$(this).find('+ label');
});
If you use the for attribute, you can use querySelector(...) to get
the associated label.
HTML/JavaScript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<label for="myCheckbox">Log Report to Console?</label>
<input name="myCheckbox" type="checkbox" oninput="doSomething(event)" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function doSomething(e) {
const query = `label[for="${e.target.name}"]`; // This is string interpolation NOT JQuery
const label = document.querySelector(query);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Plain JavaScript
function doSomething(e) {
// const query = `label[for="${e.target.name}"]`; // This is string interpolation NOT JQuery
// Maybe it is safer to use ".getAttribute"
const query = `label[for="${e.target.getAttribute("name")}"]`;
const label = document.querySelector(query);
// Do what you want with the label here...
debugger; // You're welcome
console.log(label);
}