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jQuery Examples - $("li:parent")
Description
"$("li:parent")" Selects all elements that are the parent of another element, including text.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −
$("element:parent")
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −
element − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
:parent − Parent element selector.
Returns
This selector returns first child element.
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 that are the parent of another element, including text.*/ $("li:parent").css("background-color", "yellow"); }); </script> </head> <body> <ul> <li class="big">This is index : 0 list item of the DOM.</li> <li class="medium">This is index : 1 list item of the DOM.</li> <li class="small">This is index : 2 list item of the DOM.</li> <li class="small">This is index : 3 list item of the DOM.</li> <li class="small">This is index : 4 list item of the DOM.</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
jqueryexamples_selectors.htm
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