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jQuery Examples - $("div p")
Description
"$("div p")" Selects all elements matched by <div> that contain an element matched by <p>.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −
$("container-element child-element")
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −
container-element − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
child-element − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
Returns
Like any other jQuery selector, this selector also returns an array filled with the found elements.
Example
<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 <div> that contain an element matched by < p> */ $("div p").css("background-color", "yellow"); }); </script> </head> <body> <p>Hello World</p> <p></p> <div> <p>Have a good day!</p> </div> <div></div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
jqueryexamples_selectors.htm
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