jquery data selector

I'm trying to use a jquery data selector to add/remove a class to an element.

$("#side_categories .testbox").click(function () {
    var category = $(this).data('category'); //get the category from the clicked button

    if ($('#side_categories .testbox').hasClass('activated')) {
        //otherInput is the hidden text input
        $('#listings .deals:data("category"="+category+")').removeClass('activated');
    } else {
        $('#listings .deals:data("category"="+category+")').addClass('activated');
    }
});

开发者_JS百科In my test box I have data-category set on each trigger to pass it over. The category going into data-category is filled in via php.

Can't seem to get this to work, have been seeing errors like:

regular expression too complex
[Break On This Error] while (m = matcher.exec(expr)) { 

or when I'm using the older function written by james padolsey, i get the following:

uncaught exception: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: data

I just want to be able to add/remove classes from LI's based on checkbox selections.

Many thanks in advance!

Make it so you can filter by the data value:

$('#listings .deals').filter(function(index) {
    return $(this).data('category') == category;
}).removeClass('activated');

.filter() in jQuery doc

WORKING CODE:

$("#side_categories .testbox").click(function () {
    var category = $(this).data('category'); //get the category from the clicked button
    var these_deals = $('#listings .deals').filter(function (index) {
            return $(this).data('category') == category;
        });
    $('#listings .deals').removeClass('activated');
    if (these_deals.hasClass('activated')) {
        //otherInput is the hidden text input
        these_deals.removeClass('activated');
    } else {
        these_deals.addClass('activated');
    }
});

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/maniator/CcfwX/

jQuery doesn't have a native :data() selector. You will need to explicitly define it on $.expr[':'].data, or use a plugin that adds it as a selector.

Would something like this work instead?

$("#side_categories .testbox").click(function () {
    var category = $(this).data('category'); //get the category from the clicked button
    $('#listings .deals[data-category*="' + category + '"]').toggleClass('activated');
}); 

Try using single instead of double quotes around category, like this:

...
$('#listings .deals:data("category"='+category+')').removeClass('activated');
} else {
$('#listings .deals:data("category"='+category+')').addClass('activated');
...

If that doesn't work, try various combinations of adding and removing double quotes, like this, for instance:

...
$('#listings .deals:data(category="'+category+'")').removeClass('activated');
} else {
$('#listings .deals:data(category="'+category+'")').addClass('activated');
...

I'm not an expert at jQuery selectors, but you seem to be trying to use the variable category, rather than the string "+category+", in your selector, which your current code isn't doing, since the selector is surrounded by single quotes rather than double quotes.