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jQuery code is hiding all content inside my div

I have the following code:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$("ul.accordion-section-content li[id*='layers-builder'] button.add-new-widget").click(function() {
$("#available-widgets-list div:not([id*='layers-widget'])").css('display','none');
});
});
The idea is, when i click a button that contains the class "layers-builder", all divs in "available-widgets-list" that DO NOT contain the class "layers-widget" are hidden.
The problem I'm facing is that using this code also hides all the divs inside "layers-widget" (as not all of them have "layers-widget" in the id.
for example, here is a mockup markup:
<div id="some-id">
...
</div>
<div id="this-layers-widget-89">
<div id="hello"></div>
<div id="yes"></div>
</div>
In the above example, the first div "some-id" would be hidden, along with all the child divs inside "this-layers-widget-89"
How can I make it so that all the content within the div containing "layers-widget" still shows?

The ">" operator specifies that the div must be a direct child of #available-widgets-list:
$("#available-widgets-list > div:not([id*='layers-widget'])").css('display','none');

You should add a class instead of relying on finding parts of some-id but this will work also work: $('[id*="some-id"]');
You should also be using jquery's built in hide()method instead of css('display', 'none'). They do literally the exact same thing but using the built in methods is more readable.

understanding jQuery parent, children and sibling

I am struggling to figure out where I am going with the current show and hide function I am trying to incorporate on my site. I have a drop down menu show and hide function similar to the one currently implemented at Hippodrome Mobile Casino. Which is identical to my HTML. My div class I am noticing with my Jquery when i click the next button .regNext it hides all three .regGroupContent divs. However i want to add and remove the active class which i current have as display:none on my site.
$('.regGroupContent').removeClass('active');
$('.regGroupContent').eq(0).addClass('active');
$('.regNext').click(function () {
var $this = $(this);
$('.regGroupContent').hide().removeClass('active');
$this.parent().children($('.regGroupContent')).show().addClass('active');
});
Html
<div class="vengeForm">
<div class="regGroupContent">
<div class ="fieldset">
<ul class="fieldset">
<li class="editor-next">
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>

This line has a bit of a syntax issue:
$this.parent().children($('.regGroupContent')).show().addClass('active');
In the children selector, you don't need a jQuery object, rather just the class name. Also, your .parent() selector is only going one level up, you need to get to the top of the element tree. Try changing it to:
$this.parents('.vengeForm').children('.regGroupContent').show().addClass('active');

jQuery click function using same classes

I have a dropdown function that I need to work only on the div clicked, not all (I have 14+ of the same classes on the page that need to be displayed when a certain one is clicked)
At the moment my jQuery is as follows.
$('.qacollapsed').hide();
$('.qa').click(function () {
$('.qacollapsed').slideToggle();
$(this).toggleClass('active');
});
Of course, that is toggling all qacollapsed classes when there is 14 on the page (Q&A)
Is there a way for it to only drop down the one that is clicked?
the HTML
<div class="qa">
<h4 class="question"> </h4>
</div>
<div class="qacollapsed">
<p> </p>
</div>

It would be helpful to provide a snippet of HTML here, but I'll take a guess at the structure of your markup for now..
Instead of referencing all .qacollapsed elements, you need find elements that are close to the .qa that was clicked, e.g.:
$('.qa').click(function () {
$(this) // start with the clicked element
.find('.qacollapsed') // find child .qacollapsed elements only
.slideToggle();
$(this).toggleClass('active');
});
This will work if .qacollapsed is inside .qa - if not, you might need to use next (for siblings), or one of the other jQuery tree traversal methods.

Yo could find() it or use this as a context in the selector to choose only a descendent of the clicked object
$('.qa').click(function () {
$('.qacollapsed', this).slideToggle();
//You could do $(this).find('.qacollapsed').slideToggle();
$(this).toggleClass('active');
});

Check out the jQuery selectors and why not just use $(this)?

$('.qacollapsed').hide();
$('.qa').click(function () {
$(this).toggleClass('active').next().slideToggle();
});

Personally, I'd give all the divs IDs, the clickable bit being the ID of the question in the database for example, and the answer just being id='ID_answer' or something, then use jquery to slide in the div with the id corresponding to the link clicked, ie
Var showIt = $(this).attr('id') + '_answer'
$('.qacollapsed').not('#'+showIt).hide();
$('#'+showIt).slideToggle;
That will hide all the divs without that ID and show the required one.
Dexter's use of .next above looks simpler though, I've not tried that as being relatively new to jquery too.

How to control a div, jquery?

Okay, so basically I can't get it to work with parent as the class isn't in the parent div.
CSS:
.contentSlide{
display:none;
}
HTML:
<div class="contentSlide">
<p>Members image on left and comments on the right. Date floated on right, and link to user.</p>
</div>
<div id="button" class="open">Comments(6) ▼</div>
JS:
$(".open").live('click',function(){
$(this).parent(".contentSlide").slideDown();
$(this).html("Close \u25b2 <span style='float:right;' onclick='reply=true;' class='reply'>Post a <a href='javascript:void(0);'>comment</a></span>").removeClass("open").addClass("close");
});
Basically, we want the div class "open" to make the "contentSlide" div slideDown if it is clicked.
We don't want to use $(".contentSlide").slideDown(); as we want this to be global in the event that we have more than one of these contentSlide divs displaying on the page.

In the case of the HTML you've provided and that it's all we have to go by, you would want to use the .prev() function.
$(this).prev().slideDown();
But I would suggest giving it an ID of some sort or a data type.

How to make a function repeat/loop in jQuery?

I have a function here for centering an element within it's parent.
Check out the demo: http://jsfiddle.net/kE9xW/1/
right now it's only applying the centering to the first element, how do i make the function loop itself so it centers every #element on the page. the demo is self explanatory, thanks!

There are a few things you need to do.
As already suggested, id's must be unique, so change the id="..." to class="...". You will also need to change your css to be based on the class not the id (change #element' to '.element')
<div class="container">
<p> ... </p>
<div class="element">
</div>
</div>
Use each in your method to loop over all elements selected by the selector $('.element').
element.each(function(){
// work here in $(this) for the current element
});
You forgot to take the top of the parent div into account, which made all elements overlap each other. So your yPas becomes:
var yPos = $(this).parent().position().top +
parseInt($(this).parent().css('height'))/2 -
parseInt($(this).css('height'))/2 - yPosFromCenter;
Check the working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/H99DT/

First, the easiest but most important part: change your IDs to classes. IDs must be unique per page so jQuery's ID selector and JavaScript's document.getElementById() function are only going to give you the first matching element:
Each id value must be used only once within a document. If more than one element has been assigned the same ID, queries that use that ID will only select the first matched element in the DOM.
Change
<div id="container">
...
<div id="element">
to
<div class="container">
...
<div class="element">
and change
$('#element')
to
$('.element')
Next, the more difficult part: you are currently issuing one centerDiv() call to your elements with coordinates from center of 0, 0. That's going to take all your .elements and position them at the exact same spot.
If that's not what you intend, you're going to have to loop through them using .each() and decide the xPosFromCenter and yPosFromCenter in each iteration. It's not clear to me yet how your function works so you may have to explore on your own and see what you can come up with.
Scratch that, see Jamiec's working example for the solution.

Change Id to class in you divs, then make container's position relative with css, and I'll suggest make jQuery plugin from your function. See results http://jsfiddle.net/kE9xW/1/