Changing the name of the element after toggling
Question
I have done a hide and show of a div element, on clicking a
element with class toggleIt by using the toggle() function. But how to change the name of the p tag after clicking it?
For eg, I have the name as 'Hide' for the p tag. On clicking this I hide a div. Now, I also want the name to change to 'Show'. How do I do that?
<p class="toggleIt">Hide</p> //want this to change to 'Show' after clicking
$('.toggleIt').click(function(){
$('#common_fields').toggle();
});
Solution
I think you intend to change the text of the P element as opposed to its name.
<p class="toggleIt">Hide</p> //want this to change to 'Show' after clicking
$('.toggleIt').click(function(){
$('#common_fields').toggle();
var thisElem = $(this);
thisElem.text(thisElem.text() === "Show" ? "Hide" : "Show");
});
OTHER TIPS
You need to know if the #common_fields
element is visible or not, in order to get the right 'Show' or 'Hide' text value:
$('.toggleIt').click(function(){
var $commonFields = $('#common_fields');
text = $commonFields.is(':visible') ? 'Show' : 'Hide';
$(this).text(text);
$commonFields.toggle();
});
Try the above snippet here.
$(".toggleIt").text("Show");
Make sure that that's the only <p>
tag with the "toggleIt" class or you'll need to use a different selector.
According to the code you posted above, you're not trying to change the name attribute, you're trying to change the text value/innerHTML of the element.
That's done by calling:
$('.toggleIt').click(function(){
$('#common_fields').toggle().text('Show');
});
If you actually wanted to change the name attribute of the p
element, you'd do:
$('.toggleIt').click(function(){
$('#common_fields').toggle().attr('name', 'Show');
});
var toggleString = {
show:'Show',
hide:'Hide'
};
$('.toggleIt').toggle(function() {
$('#common_fields').hide();
$(this).text( toggleString.show );
}), function() {
$('#common_fields').show();
$(this).text( toggleString.hide );
});