Question

I currently have a small problem with jQuery with a contains statement. It is catching all possible matches when I want the exact match. I realized that a filter statement would probably be one of the best repalcements to get an exact match.

However, I have looked through multiple examples and still can’t quite get this statement to work.

Here is the original statement with the contains in it.

function showDropDown(){
    $(".sf-with-ul):contains('"+stringToMatch+"')").parent().showSuperfishUl();
};

This statement is supposed to show a dropdown menu and will show multiple menus. If one menu has “This” and another has “This1” and I says contains “This” I get both. I want to create a statement with filter in it.

Thanks

Answer 1

There is an extra ) in the selector. Try this:

function showDropDown(){
    $(".sf-with-ul:contains('"+stringToMatch+"')").parent().showSuperfishUl();
};

or:

$(".sf-with-ul").filter(function(){
       return $(this).text() == stringToMatch
}).parent().showSuperfishUl();