Finding one element with name inside another element in jQuery

Question

I have a problem that want to solve it with jQuery.

I have some div with id's "div1,div2,...". In each div I have an input with name pattern.

For example like this

<div id="div1">
  <table>....</table>
  <div>....</div>
  <input name="pattern" value="nothing" />
</div>

I want to get this input for "div1". I can get div1 with $('#div1'). now I want to search only in children of div1. How can I do it with jQuery?

Cranio · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-18 12:18:10Z

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 $("#div1 input")

or

 $("#div1 input[name=pattern]") // more than 1 input?

or

$("#div1 > input") // only direct child

and so on.

This implies you have to target precisely the div1. A more general approach depends on what you do with the other divs.

answered Aug 18, 2012 at 12:18

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Sotiris · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-18 12:15:20Z

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try $('#div1').children('input');

answered Aug 18, 2012 at 12:15

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3 Comments

Martin van Dam Over a year ago

If you want to do this for all the divs it doesn't work. Then you should add a class to each div e.g. class="divs". Then pull .divs through an $(".divs input").each(function(){

Sotiris Over a year ago

@Martin OP wrote "I want to search only in children of div1" If want to select element which have a div parent and their name attribute is pattern then can try $('div input[name=pattern]')

Cranio Over a year ago

@Martin The general approach depends very much on what the OP wants to do. Your suggestion is correct, but the OP mentioned only div1, maybe if he gives us more info...

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