Child Selector ("parent > child”)

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Child Selector (“parent > child”)

Categories: Selectors > Hierarchy

child selector

Description: Selects all direct child elements specified by "child" of elements specified by "parent".

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( "parent > child" )

    parent: Any valid selector.

    child: A selector to filter the child elements.

As a CSS selector, the child combinator is supported by all modern web browsers including Safari, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Internet Explorer 7 and above, but notably not by Internet Explorer versions 6 and below. However, in jQuery, this selector (along with all others) works across all supported browsers, including IE6.

The child combinator (E > F) can be thought of as a more specific form of the descendant combinator (E F) in that it selects only first-level descendants.

Example:

Places a border around all list items that are children of <ul class="topnav"> .

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      body { font-size:14px; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </style>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <ul class="topnav">
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <li>Item 1</li>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <li>Item 2
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <ul><li>Nested item 1</li><li>Nested item 2</li><li>Nested item 3</li></ul>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </li>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <li>Item 3</li>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </ul>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        $("ul.topnav > li").css("border", "3px double red");
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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