Is there something like except in jQuery?

Question

How is this possible? Following construction does not work:

$(\'.multibutton\').click(function(event) {

    //.. some stuff before

    $(this).next(\'.menu\').         


        

Answer 1

Try using the jQuery.not() function to get a list of the elements not including the items specified :

$('.multibutton').click(function(event) {

    //.. some stuff before

    $(this).next('.menu').slideDown( "slow");

    // hide all other menus except this.next.menu
    $('.menu').not($(this).next()).hide();

    //.. some stuff after
});

More information on jQuery.not().

Answer 2

$('.multibutton').click(function(event) {

    //.. some stuff before

    var elem = $(this).next('.menu').slideDown( "slow");

    // hide all other menus except this.next.menu
    $('.menu').not(elem).hide();

    //.. some stuff after
});