Jquery this and selectors

Question

How can you select using this the direct children of the element ?

Something like $(this).find('p') but for direct children.

Update : there is a difference between a direct children and a sibling.

I think you should read jQuery's API before asking this kind of things, this one is really easy to find searching a little — maid450
– maid450, Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 18:43
@jondavidjohn [who has since deleted his comment] find is not limited to only direct descendants; it searches the whole tree below the context — Matt
– Matt, Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 18:43

Matt · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 18:40:41Z

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$(this).children('p')

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 18:40

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meder omuraliev · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 18:41:16Z

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$(this).children('elementnode')

Anytime you wrap a DOM element with $ you have access to prototypal methods, and children is one of them.

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 18:41

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Anurag · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 18:47:06Z

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> searches the children of the given element.

$(this).find('> p');

$('> p', this);

$(this).children('p');

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 18:41

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