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Descendant selector.

Shorthand version $('ancestor descendant')

Description

The ('ancestor descendant') selector, selects all specified descendant elements of the specified ancestor element.

  • A descendant of an element could be a child, grandchild, great-grandchild etc.

Syntax

Signature Description
jQuery('ancestor descendant')Descendant match

Parameters

Parameter Description
ancestorA valid selector.
descendantA filter to select the descendant.

Return

N/A.

Descendant ('ancestor descendant') Examples Selectors  <<  Top

Selects all specified descendant elements of the specified ancestor element.

The following example will select all 'td' descendants of 'tr' elements and change the background color of these elements to orange (table data elements).



$(function(){
  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
    $('tr td').css('backgroundColor', 'orange');
  });
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

The following example will select all 'span' descendants of 'b' elements and change the background color of these elements to yellow (code examples).



$(function(){
  $('#btn2').on('click', function() {
    $('b span').css('backgroundColor', 'yellow');
  });
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

The following example will select all 'td' descendants of 'tr' elements and change the background color of these elements to silver (h3 headings in left sidebar and main content) .



$(function(){
  $('#btn3').on('click', function() {
    $('div h3').css('backgroundColor', 'silver');
  });
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

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