Finds all children of the element with id "main" : Selector children « jQuery « JavaScript Tutorial






<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
                
           $("#main > *").css("border", "3px solid red");
                
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
      <span id="main">
        <div>asdf</div>
        <button>Child</button>
        <span>A Span</span>
      </span>
    </body>
</html>








30.4.Selector children
30.4.1.nthChild(index)
30.4.2.onlyChild(): If the parent has other child elements, nothing is matched.
30.4.3.Select n-th child
30.4.4.Finds all children of the element with id "main"
30.4.5.Finds all p elements that are children of a div element
30.4.6.Is it the first child
30.4.7.Matches all child elements specified by child of elements specified by parent