jQuery Examples - $("strong + em")

Description

"$("strong + em")" Selects all elements matched by <em> that immediately follow a sibling element matched by <strong>.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −

$("style-name1 + style-name2")

Parameters

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

style-name1 − style name of an element
style-name2 − style name of the sibling of above element.

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 <em> that immediately follow a 
            sibling element matched by <strong>.*/
            $("strong + em").css("background-color", "yellow");
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <strong>First</strong>
      <em>Second</em>
      <em>Third</em>
      <em>Fourth</em>
      <strong>Fifth</strong>
      <em>Sixth</em>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jqueryexamples_selectors.htm