jQuery Examples - $("p + ul")

Description

"$("p + ul")" Selects all elements matched by <ul> that follow a sibling element matched by <p>.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −

$("element1 + element2")

Parameters

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

element1 − element
element2 − sibling element which comes after 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 <ul> that follow a sibling element matched by <
            p>.*/
            $("p + ul").css("background-color", "yellow");
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <h3>This is first list.</h3>
      <ul>
         <li><a id = "first" class="big" href="#">Big</a></li>
         <li><a id = "first" class="medium" href="#">Medium</a></li>
         <li><a id = "first" class="small" href="#">Small</a></li>
      </ul>
      <p>This is second list.</p>
      <ul>
         <li><a id = "first" class="big" href="#">Big</a></li>
         <li><a id = "first" class="medium" href="#">Medium</a></li>
         <li><a id = "first" class="small" href="#">Small</a></li>
      </ul>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jqueryexamples_selectors.htm