jQuery Selector :has()
select <div> with <p> and <span> inside
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div:has(p, span)").css("border", "solid red"); });//from ww w . j a va 2 s.co m </script> </head> <body> <div> <p>This is a paragraph inside a div element. <span>This is a span element</span> </p> </div> <br> <div>This is a div element with no p or span elements.</div> </body> </html>