descendant selector
Description: Selects all elements that are descendants of a given ancestor.
jQuery('ancestor descendant')
version added: 1.0
ancestor
Any valid selector.
descendant
A selector to filter the descendant elements.
A descendant of an element could be a child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and so on, of that element.
Examples
Finds all input descendants of forms.Full source:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("form input").css("border", "2px dotted blue"); }); </script> <style> body { font-size:14px; } form { border:2px green solid; padding:2px; margin:0; background:#efe; } div { color:red; } fieldset { margin:1px; padding:3px; } </style> </head> <body> <form> <div>Form is surrounded by the green outline</div> <label>Child:</label> <input name="name" /> <fieldset> <label>Grandchild:</label> <input name="newsletter" /> </fieldset> </form> Sibling to form: <input name="none" /> </body> </html>
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