Question

I want to add the active class to all the main category block in my html code as follows:-

<ul class="tabs">

   <li class="accordion"><a href="#tab1">Boo1</a>

           <ul id="sub-nav">
              <li><a href="http://www.myweb.com"> Ipsum Text</a></li>
              <li><a> Lorem text</a></li>
              <li><a> More lorem text </a></li>
              <li><a> Dolor Sit Amet </a></li>
           </ul>                                   

  </li> 


  <li><a href="#tab2">Boo2</a></li>
  <li><a href="#tab3">Boo3</a></li>
  <li class="last-item"><a href="#tab4">Boo4</a></li>

</ul>​

styled this way:-

#sub-nav  > .active {background:#AAA;}
.tabs li a.active { background: green; }
.tabs li a {font-size:20px;}
#sub-nav li a {font-size:16px; margin-left:20px;}

​

so I did this:-

(function(){
    $('.tabs #sub-nav li').bind('click', function(e){
        var subNavList   = $(this),
            list = $('.tabs').find('li').add('.tabs a');
            list.removeClass('active');  


        subNavList.addClass('active').parents('li').addClass('active').children('a').addClass('active');
    });
}());​

my only problem now is when the other nav list is clicked (boo2 and boo3), the active class is not applied. Please check the jsfiddle code to understand better. http://jsfiddle.net/gfkM4/6/ What am I doing wrong guys? Can some please help me out?

Answer 1

I believe this is what you are looking for (select the top nav when clicked also select both the subnav and it’s parent when clicked):

http://jsfiddle.net/gfkM4/9/

(function(){

    $('.tabs a').on('click', function(e){
        $('.tabs a').removeClass('active');
        $(this).addClass('active');
        $(this).closest('ul').closest('li').children('a').addClass('active');
    })       

}());​