This bit of code was helped along by a few folks. works great in jsFiddle but when I try to run it locally against some live code it fails... I have been working with it for 5 hours and I cannot see what might be missing. I have added the jquery script, the style container and the form/table structure.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
"use strict";
$('#addForm').bind('change', function(evt) {
$('td.mismatch', this).removeClass('mismatch');
var selects = $('select', this);
$(selects).each(function() {
var that = this;
$(selects).not(this).each(function() {
// we have a similar select
if ($(this).val() !== '' && $(this).val() === $(that).val()) {
// now compare inputs
var
thisInputs = $('#grouperCost , #casePackForGroups', $(this).closest('tr')),
thatInputs = $('#grouperCost , #casePackForGroups', $(that).closest('tr'));
$(thisInputs).each(function(i) {
if ($(this).val() !== $(thatInputs).eq(i).val()) {
$(this).closest('td').addClass('mismatch');
$(thatInputs).eq(i).closest('td').addClass('mismatch');
}
});
}
});
});
});
}());
</script>
<style>.mismatch {background: #ff9999;}</style>
<form name="form1" ID="addForm" action="array_script.cfm">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="selectA">
<option id="A" value="">None</option>
<option id="A" value="A">A</option>
<option id="A" value="B">B</option>
<option id="A" value="C">C</option>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<input ID="grouperCost" type="text" name="price" value="8.99" />
</td>
<td>
<input ID="casePackForGroups" type="text" name="perCase" value="4" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="selectB">
<option id="B" value="">None</option>
<option id="B" value="A">A</option>
<option id="B" value="B">B</option>
<option id="B" value="C">C</option>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<input ID="grouperCost" type="text" name="price" value="8.98" />
</td>
<td>
<input ID="casePackForGroups" type="text" name="perCase" value="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="selectC">
<option id="C" value="">None</option>
<option id="C" value="A">A</option>
<option id="C" value="B">B</option>
<option id="C" value="C">C</option>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<input ID="grouperCost" type="text" name="price" value="8.99" />
</td>
<td>
<input ID="casePackForGroups" type="text" name="perCase" value="4" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
I have no answer but I found some strange passages in you code.
You Write this:
var selects = $('select', this);//select ALL select + the form element $(selects).each(function() { //cycle an all elements
Why do you add the current form to the select collection?
Why do you use 'equality without type coercion' (===) operators? Are they necessary?
Have you tried to debug with firefox 'step by step' ?
Why don't you write a log in a variable or textbox and compare the result with the same code executed on jsFiddle?
Hope it helps.