Descendant $('E F')

In this chapter you will learn:

  1. Description and Syntax for Descendant selector
  2. Examples for Descendant selector

Description and Syntax

$('E F') select all elements matched by F that are descendants of an element matched by E. $("ancestor descendant") returns a wrapper object with the descendants of a specified ancestor.

Descendants of an element are that element's children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on.

For the following html tags,

<div id="container">/*java2 s  . c  om*/
 <div id="inner">
     <p>
         <span><img src="example.jpg" alt="" /></span>
     </p>
 </div>
</div>

the <img> element is a descendant of the <span>, <p>, <div id="inner">, and <div id="container"> elements.

Examples

  • $("form input") a wrapper with all of the inputs that are children of a form.
  • $('#container p') all paragraph elements that are descendants of an element that has an ID of container.
  • $('a img') all <img> elements that are descendants of an <a> element.

The following code selects input element inside form.

<html><!--from  ja v a 2 s .co  m-->
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function(){
        $("form input").css("border", "2px solid red");
      });
    </script>

  </head>
  <body>
      <form>
        <label>Child:</label>
        <input name="name" />
        <fieldset>
          <label>Grandchild:</label>
          <input name="newsletter" />
        </fieldset>
      </form>
  </body>
</html>

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What you will learn in the next chapter:

  1. Syntax for child selector
  2. Examples for child selector
  3. How to select all p elements inside a div
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Selector syntax
ID
Tag Name
Class Name
Descendant $('E F')
Child (E > F)
General sibling (E ~ F)
Multiple expressions (E, F, G)
Universal (*)
Filtering by Relationships
Numbered child (:nth-child(n/even/odd/expr))
First child (:first-child)
Last child (:last-child)
Only child (:only-child)
Not (:not(E))
Empty (:empty)
Attribute selectors
Attribute existence([attr])
Attribute equals ([foo=bar])
Attribute not equal ([foo!=bar])
Attribute begins with ([foo^=bar])
Attribute ends with ([foo$=bar])
Attribute contains ([foo*=bar])
Attribute contains word ([foo~=bar])
Attribute contains prefix ([foo|=bar])
Attribute exists $("[attributeName*='value']")
Form selector
Form input selector (:input)
Form text fields (input:text)
Form Password field (input:password)
Form Radio button (input:radio)
Form Checkbox (input:checkbox)
Form Submit button (input:submit)
Form Image button (input:image)
Form Reset button (input:reset)
Form button (input:button)
Form File upload (input:file)
Form Enabled form element (input:enabled)
Form Disabled form element (input:disabled)
Form Checked box (input:checked)
Form Selected option (input:selected)
Element at index (:eq(n))
Greater than (:gt(n))
Less than (:lt(n))
First (:first)
Last (:last)
Even element (:even)
Odd element (:odd)
parent (:parent)
Contains text (:contains(text))
Contains element (:has(E))
Visible (:visible)
Hidden (:hidden)
Header element (:header)
Currently animating (:animated)
$(this) selector
Custom User Selectors
Escape characters