Child (E > F)

Syntax

$('E > F')

Description

Select all elements matched by F that are children of an element matched by E.

Examples

Selector	Selects
$('li > ul')	all <ul> elements that are children of an <li> element.
$('.myclass > code')	all <code> elements that are children of an element with the class myclass.

The following code gets all form children.

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://java2s.com/Book/JavaScriptDemo/jQuery/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
            alert($("form > *").length);
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
    <form>
        <input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
    
        <input type="checkbox">asdf</input>
        <input type="checkbox" />
        <input type="checkbox" />
        <input type="file" />
        <input type="hidden" />
        <input type="image" />
        <input type="password" />
        <input type="radio" />
        <input type="reset" />
        <input type="submit" />
        <input type="text" />
    
        <select><option>Option<option/></select>
        <textarea></textarea>
        <button>Button</button>
    </form>    
    </body>
</html>

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Finds all p elements that are children of a div element

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/Book/JavaScriptDemo/jQuery/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
           $("div > p").css("border", "1px solid gray");   
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
        <div><p>asdf</p></div>
    </body>
</html>

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