Child Selector (“parent > child”)
child selector
version added: 1.0jQuery('parent > child')
- parent
- Any valid selector.
- child
- A selector to filter the child elements.
Description: Selects all direct child elements specified by "child" of elements specified by "parent".
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"> .
<!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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