jQuery <span> highlight only span elements inside the element with id mark
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>jQuery Select Element by Compound Selector</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ // Highlight only span elements inside the element with ID mark $("#mark span").css("background", "yellow"); });//from w ww. j a v a2s. c o m </script> </head> <body> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> <p class="mark">This is another paragraph.</p> <p>This is one more paragraph.</p> <ul> <li>List item one</li> <li>List item two</li> <li>List item three</li> </ul> <ul id="mark"> <li>List item one</li> <li>List <span>item two</span></li> <li>List item three</li> </ul> <ul class="mark"> <li>List item one</li> <li>List item two</li> <li>List item three</li> </ul> <p>Go to <a href="http://java2s.com/" target="_blank">Home page</a></p> </body> </html>