Finds all children of the element with id 'main' which is yellow.

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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(){ $("#main > *").css("border", "3px double red"); }); </script> <style> body { font-size:14px; } span#main { display:block; background:yellow; height:110px; } button { display:block; float:left; margin:2px; font-size:14px; } div { width:90px; height:90px; margin:5px; float:left; background:#bbf; font-weight:bold; } div.mini { width:30px; height:30px; background:green; } </style> </head> <body> <span id="main"> <div></div> <button>Child</button> <div class="mini"></div> <div> <div class="mini"></div> <div class="mini"></div> </div> <div><button>Grand</button></div> <div><span>A Span <em>in</em> child</span></div> <span>A Span in main</span> </span> </body> </html>
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