I'm trying to clone last element from each list row. I can clone rows(i need to clone first element in this case), but I can't clone last span
from each li
. Here is what I have so far:
HTML:
<ul class="elements">
<li>
<span>Span 1</span>
<span>Span 2</span>
<span>Span 3</span>
</li>
<li>
<span>Span 4</span>
<span>Span 5</span>
<span>Span 6</span>
</li>
</ul>
<a href="#" class="new_row">Add new row</a>
<a href="#" class="new_column">Add new column</a>
JQuery:
$('.new_row').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var ul = $(this).prev('.elements');
var new_data= $("li", ul).eq(0).clone();
new_data.appendTo(ul);
});
$('.new_column').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('li').each(function(){
$('span:last').clone();
});
});
JSFiddle: /
I would appreciate any help. Thank in advance.
I'm trying to clone last element from each list row. I can clone rows(i need to clone first element in this case), but I can't clone last span
from each li
. Here is what I have so far:
HTML:
<ul class="elements">
<li>
<span>Span 1</span>
<span>Span 2</span>
<span>Span 3</span>
</li>
<li>
<span>Span 4</span>
<span>Span 5</span>
<span>Span 6</span>
</li>
</ul>
<a href="#" class="new_row">Add new row</a>
<a href="#" class="new_column">Add new column</a>
JQuery:
$('.new_row').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var ul = $(this).prev('.elements');
var new_data= $("li", ul).eq(0).clone();
new_data.appendTo(ul);
});
$('.new_column').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('li').each(function(){
$('span:last').clone();
});
});
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle/vPDpH/
I would appreciate any help. Thank in advance.
Share Improve this question asked Jul 6, 2013 at 11:54 Andrei SurduAndrei Surdu 2,3413 gold badges23 silver badges32 bronze badges2 Answers
Reset to default 5You are cloning the element but not doing anything with it ..
Also you need to clone the last span in the context of current li. Otherwise it will clone the last span in the HTML irrespective of where it is
$('.new_row').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var ul = $(this).prev('.elements');
var new_data= $("li", ul).eq(0).clone();
new_data.appendTo(ul);
});
$('.new_column').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('li').each(function(){
var new_data= $('span:last', this).clone();
new_data.appendTo(this);
});
});
Check Fiddle
An alternative
Javascript
$(".new_row").click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var elements = $(e.target).siblings(".elements").first();
elements.append($("li", elements).first().clone());
});
$(".new_column").click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
$("li", $(e.target).siblings(".elements").first()).each(function (index, element) {
$(element).append($("span", element).last().clone());
});
});
On jsfiddle