Find nested element in query

Question

I need to find an DropDownList with class addressControlCountry. How?

<div id="myDiv">
 <asp:DropDownList runat="server"  CssClass="addressControlCountry" />
</div>

This doesn't work

$('#myDiv .addressControlCountry')

You're asking a question about client side script but showing your server side code, would be much more useful if you posted the html that is generated when you visit the page. — Treborbob
– Treborbob, Commented Jul 19, 2011 at 8:01

ShankarSangoli · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 08:06:37Z

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Try this

$('#myDiv').find('.addressControlCountry');

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 8:06

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Tomas Aschan · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 07:59:05Z

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What you already have should work, in theory. However, you could try one of the following:

$('#myDiv').children('.addressControlCountry')
$('#myDiv > .addressControlCountry')

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 7:59

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Talha Ahmed Khan · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 07:59:20Z

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Please use this

$('#myDiv > .addressControlCountry')

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 7:59

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Shef Over a year ago

What difference would it make for it to work, if the other ancestor descendants didn't work. If the element was the direct child of myDiv, obviously it should have worked already, like it is.

Talha Ahmed Khan Over a year ago

Basically $('#myDiv .addressControlCountry') will search for an element having id="myDiv" and class="addressControlCountry" which is not the case. So we have to define that is should look to its descendants for provided class name.

Shef Over a year ago

Wrong! $('#myDiv.addressControlCountry') will search for that.

Waltsu · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 07:59:26Z

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You can use

$('#divLegalAddress).children()

If divLegalAddress has more than one children you may use .eq()-function to pick the right one.

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 7:59

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Ashan · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-24 15:32:51Z

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You can scope by the outer div and then select the inner dropdown element as given below

$('.addressControlCountry','#myDiv')

answered Jul 24, 2012 at 15:32

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