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Child (E > F)

Description and Syntax

$('E > F')

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

Examples

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

The following code gets all form children.


<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){<!--from w w  w  .j  av  a  2s  . c  o m-->
            alert($("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>

Click to view the demo

The code above generates the following result.

Child (E > F)

Find all p elements inside a div

The following code shows how to find all p elements that are children of a div element.


<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){<!--from ww w  .j a v  a2  s  .  co  m-->
           $("div > p").css("border", "1px solid gray");   
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
        <div><p>java 2s.com</p></div>
    </body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

The code above generates the following result.

Child (E > F)
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