Custom class to allow all of its methods to be used with any Selectors element via the dollar function $.

Gets all the elements within an element that match the given selector.

var myElements = myElement.getElements(selector);

1. selector - (string) The CSS Selector to match.

• (array) An Element collection.

//Returns all anchors within myElement.
$('myElement').getElements('a');

//Returns all input tags with name "dialog".
$('myElement').getElements('input[name=dialog]');

//Returns all input tags with names ending with 'log'.
$('myElement').getElements('input[name$=log]');

//Returns all email links (starting with "mailto:").
$('myElement').getElements('a[href^=mailto:]');

//Adds events to all Elements with the class name 'email'.
$(document.body).getElements('a.email').addEvents({
    'mouseenter': function(){
        this.href = 'real@email.com';
    },
    'mouseleave': function(){
        this.href = '#';
    }
});

• Supports these operators in attribute selectors:

  • '=' : is equal to
  • '*=': contains
  • '^=' : starts-with
  • '$=' : ends-with
  • '!=' : is not equal to
  • '~=' : contained in a space separated list
  • '|=' : contained in a '-' separated list

Same as Element:getElements, but returns only the first.

var anElement = myElement.getElement(selector);

1. selector - (string) The CSS Selector to match.

• (mixed) An extended Element, or null if not found.

var found = $('myElement').getElement('.findMe').setStyle('color', '#f00');

Some default Pseudo Selectors for Selectors.

• W3C Pseudo Classes

Matches all Elements that are checked.

':checked'

$$('*:checked')

$('myForm').getElements('input:checked');

Matches all Elements that are enabled.

':enabled'

$$('*:enabled')

$('myElement').getElements(':enabled');

Matches all elements which are empty.

':empty'

$$('div:empty');

Matches all the Elements which contains the text.

':contains(text)'

• text - (string) The text that the Element should contain.

$$('p:contains("find me")');

Matches all elements that do not match the single selector.

':not(selector)'

$$(':not(div.foo)'); // all elements except divs with class 'foo'

$$('input:not([type="submit"])'); // all inputs except submit buttons

myElement.getElements(':not(a)');

$$(':not(ul li)'); // NOT allowed! Only single selectors might be passed.

Matches every nth child.

Nth Expression:

':nth-child(nExpression)'

• nExpression - (string) A nth expression for the "every" nth-child.

$$('#myDiv:nth-child(2n)'); //Returns every even child.

$$('#myDiv:nth-child(n)'); //Returns all children.

$$('#myDiv:nth-child(2n+1)') //Returns every odd child.

$$('#myDiv:nth-child(4n+3)') //Returns Elements 3, 7, 11, 15, etc.

Every Odd Child:

':nth-child(odd)'

Every Even Child:

':nth-child(even)'

Only Child:

':nth-child(only)'

First Child:

'nth-child(first)'

Last Child:

'nth-child(last)'

This selector respects the w3c specifications, so it has 1 as its first child, not 0. Therefore nth-child(odd) will actually select the even children, if you think in zero-based indexes.

Matches every even child.

':even'

$$('td:even');

This selector is not part of the w3c specification, therefore its index starts at 0. This selector is highly recommended over nth-child(even), as this will return the real even children.

Matches every odd child.

':odd'

$$('td:odd');

This selector is not part of the w3c specification, therefore its index starts at 0. This selector is highly recommended over nth-child(odd), as this will return the real odd children.

Matches the first child.

':first-child'

$$('td:first-child');

Matches the last child.

':last-child'

$$('td:last-child');

Matches an only child of its parent Element.

':only-child'

$$('td:only-child');