Find all children of the clicked element.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("#container").click(function (e) { $("*").removeClass("hilite"); var $kids = $(e.target).children(); var len = $kids.addClass("hilite").length; $("#results span:first").text(len); $("#results span:last").text(e.target.tagName); e.preventDefault(); return false; }); }); </script> <style> body { font-size:16px; font-weight:bolder; } div { width:130px; height:82px; margin:10px; float:left; border:1px solid blue; padding:4px; } #container { width:auto; height:105px; margin:0; float:none; border:none; } .hilite { border-color:red; } #results { display:block; color:red; } p { margin:10px; border:1px solid transparent; } span { color:blue; border:1px solid transparent; } input { width:100px; } em { border:1px solid transparent; } a { border:1px solid transparent; } b { border:1px solid transparent; } button { border:1px solid transparent; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div> <p>This <span>is the <em>way</em> we</span> write <em>the</em> demo,</p> </div> <div> <a href="#"><b>w</b>rit<b>e</b></a> the <span>demo,</span> <button>write the</button> demo, </div> <div> This <span>the way we <em>write</em> the <em>demo</em> so</span> <input type="text" value="early" /> in </div> <p> <span>t</span>he <span>m</span>orning. <span id="results">Found <span>0</span> children in <span>TAG</span>.</span> </p> </div> </body> </html>
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