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    copied!<h3>Background</h3> <p>I am trying to create a jquery function which will change all class names EXCEPT the current object in question, execute a function, and then reset all old classes back, dynamically, without refresh... Anyone know how I can acheive this?</p> <h3>HTML</h3> <pre><code>&lt;div class="view_link"&gt; &lt;a href="#" class="edit_link" data-link="edit_input_a"&gt;Edit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="edit_input_a"&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='input' /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="view_link"&gt; &lt;a href="#" class="edit_link" data-link="edit_input_z"&gt;Edit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="edit_input_z"&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='input' /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="view_link"&gt; &lt;a href="#" class="edit_link" data-link="edit_input_9"&gt;Edit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="edit_input_9"&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='input' /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <h3>Javascript</h3> <pre><code>$('.edit_link').click(function(e) { //set which fields to act upon var edit_field = $(this).data('link'); //Open the editable field of the corresponding item $("." + edit_field).slideDown(700,'linear'); /* now change all the other a links with class 'edit_link' to edit_link_inactive (EXCEPT THE CURRENT OBJECT BEING WORKED ON) so if the user clicks another link at the same time, it will not run through the click function */ //Run Ajax Function /* On succeed, reset all classes with 'edit_link_inactive' back to edit_link */ </code></pre> <h3> Not Working Statement That I've Tried</h3> <pre><code>$('.edit_link').not(this).attr('class', "inactive"); </code></pre> <p>Thanks!!!</p>
 

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