jQuery Examples - $("li > ul")

Description

"$("li > ul")" Selects all elements matched by <ul> that are children of an element matched by <li>.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −

$("classname > child-element")

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −

classname − class of the container element
child-element − descendent of element that has an id of container.

Returns

Like any other jQuery selector, this selector also returns an array filled with the found elements.

Example

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The Selector Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            /*  Selects all elements matched by ul that are children of an element matched by li.*/
            $("li > ul").css("background-color", "yellow");
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <ul>
         <li class="big">This is first list item of the DOM.</li>
         <li class="medium">This is second list item of the DOM.
            <ul>
               <li class="big">This is first sub list item of the DOM.</li>
            </ul>
         </li>
         <li class="small">This is third list item of the DOM.</li>
      </ul>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jqueryexamples_selectors.htm