How to select ALL children (in any level) from a parent in jQuery?


To select all children from a parent in jQuery, use the find() method. You can try to run the following code to select ALL children in any level −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
  <style>
   .myclass * {
     display: block;
     border: 2px solid lightgrey;
     color: lightgrey;
     padding: 5px;
     margin: 15px;
   }
  </style>
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $('ul').find('*').css({"color": "red", "border": "2px solid green"});
  });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="myclass">
  <div style="width:400px;">div - great-grandparent
  <ul>ul
   <li>li- child - level 1
     <ul>ul- child - level 2
       <li>li- child - level 3</li>
       <li>li- child - level 3</li>
     </ul>  
   </li>
  </ul>  
 </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Updated on: 20-Jun-2020

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