first-child selector
Description: Selects all elements that are the first child of their parent.
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version added: 1.1.4jQuery( «:first-child» )
While .first() matches only a single element, the :first-child
selector can match more than one: one for each parent. This is equivalent to :nth-child(1)
.
Example:
Finds the first span in each matched div to underline and add a hover state.
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Demo:
In plain JavaScript you would use something like:
// Single
document.querySelector(".onediv").classList.add("red");
// Multiple (deeply nested)
document.querySelectorAll(".onediv:first-child").forEach(EL => EL.classList.add("red"));
Or by Parent Element using Element.firstElementChild:
// Single Parent
document.querySelector(".alldivs").firstElementChild.classList.add("red");
// Multiple parents
document.querySelector(".alldivs").forEach(EL => EL.firstElementChild.classList.add("red"));
jQuery get first child
Use: $(".onediv").eq(0)
Other examples of selectors and methods targeting the first LI
inside an UL
:
There are some slight differences in how they operate regarding depth. Play with the below demo examples:
$("select").on("change", function() {
$("li").removeClass("red");
new Function(`return (${this.value})`)();
}).trigger("change");
.red {color: red;}
option[disabled] {font-size: 1.4em; color: blue;}
<select>
<option disabled>jQuery examples:</option>
<option>$("li").eq(0).addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li:eq(0)").addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li").first().addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li:first").addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li:first-child").addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li:lt(1)").addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li:nth-child(1)").addClass("red")</option>
<option>$("li").slice(0,1).addClass("red")</option>
<option disabled>JavaScript examples:</option>
<option>document.querySelector("li").classList.add("red")</option>
<option>document.querySelectorAll("li:first-child").forEach(EL => EL.classList.add("red"))</option>
<option disabled>Mixed jQuery + JavaScript</option>
<option>$("li")[0].classList.add("red")</option>
</select>
<ul>
<li>1</li>
<li>2
<ul>
<li>2.1</li>
<li>2.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>3</li>
</ul>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.js"></script>
you can also use [i]
to get the JS Element by index out of the jQuery elements collection like eg:
$("li")[0]
but now that you have the native JS Element
representation you have to use JavaScript methods eg:
$("li")[0].classList.add("active"); // Adds class "active" to the first LI in the DOM
or you can (don’t — it’s bad design) wrap it back into a jQuery object
$( $("li")[0] ).addClass("active"); // Don't! Use .eq() instead
Using jQuery how do I select a single child element? I’ve looked at the Traversing API and know I can select all the immediate children img
elements like this:
$(this).children('img');
And to select the first child img
element I could use a subscript like this:
$(this).children('img')[0];
But I guess I’m kind of surprised I can’t do this:
$(this).child('img'); // no subscript, returns single element
Or have I missed something?
Kevin Ji
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asked Sep 24, 2009 at 20:52
Jonathon WatneyJonathon Watney
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I think what you want to do is this:
$(this).children('img').eq(0);
this will give you a jquery object containing the first img element, whereas
$(this).children('img')[0];
will give you the img element itself.
answered Sep 24, 2009 at 20:57
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No. Every jQuery function returns a jQuery object, and that is how it works. This is a crucial part of jQuery’s magic.
If you want to access the underlying element, you have three options…
- Do not use jQuery
- Use
[0]
to reference it -
Extend jQuery to do what you want…
$.fn.child = function(s) { return $(this).children(s)[0]; }
Kevin Ji
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answered Sep 24, 2009 at 21:02
Josh StodolaJosh Stodola
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Maybe in this way?
$('img', this)[0]
Nakilon
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answered Sep 24, 2009 at 20:58
AnatoliyAnatoliy
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You can target the first child element with just using CSS selector with jQuery:
$(this).children('img:nth-child(1)');
If you want to target the second child element just change 1 to 2:
$(this).children('img:nth-child(2)');
and so on..
if you want to target more elements, you can use a for loop:
for (i = 1; i <= $(this).children().length; i++) {
let childImg = $(this).children("img:nth-child("+ i +")");
// Do stuff...
}
answered Nov 20, 2020 at 23:22
Not jQuery
, as the question asks for, but natively (i.e., no libraries required) I think the better tool for the job is querySelector
to get a single instance of a selector:
let el = document.querySelector('img');
console.log(el);
For all matching instances, use document.querySelectorAll()
, or for those within another element you can chain as follows:
// Get some wrapper, with class="parentClassName"
let parentEl = document.querySelector('.parentClassName');
// Get all img tags within the parent element by parentEl variable
let childrenEls = parentEl.querySelectorAll('img');
Note the above is equivalent to:
let childrenEls = document.querySelector('.parentClassName').querySelectorAll('img');
answered Feb 22, 2019 at 9:13
Nick BullNick Bull
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answered Aug 23, 2017 at 14:53
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В jQuery есть способ быстро найти первый дочерний элемент любого элемента. Делается это при помощи метода .find(selector)
и передачи в него параметра ":first-child"
.
Пример first-child
Есть список <ul>
, в котором нужно найти первый элемент <li>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=»Content-Type» content=»text/html; charset=utf-8″>
<title>firstChild (jQuery)</title>
<script type=»text/javascript» src=»/js/jquery/jquery.js»></script>
<script type=»text/javascript»>
$(document).ready(function(){
var firstChildText = $(‘#list’).find(‘:first-child’).text();
document.writeln(firstChildText); // Первое значение
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<ul id=»list»>
<li>Первое значение</li>
<li>Второе значение</li>
<li>Третье значение</li>
<li>Четвертое значение</li>
<li>Пятое значение</li>
<li>Шестое значение</li>
<li>Седьмое значение</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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Методы jQuery children и find позволяют получить коллекции дочерних элементов. Их отличие в том, что children смотрит только прямых потомков, а find заходит глубже по иерархии, смотря потомков от потомков и т. д.
Синтаксис:
var childs1 = $(selector1).children(childselector); var finds1 = $(selector1).find(findselector); |
Здесь childselector и findselector — это необязательные параметры. С их помощью можно отфильтровать дочерние элементы. Можно вызывать без них:
var childs1 = $(selector1).children(); var finds1 = $(selector1).find(); |
Приведу пример. Пусть у нас есть HTML-страница со следующим содержимым:
... <div id=«myparentdivid»> <div id=«mychilddivid1»> </div> <div id=«mychilddivid2»> <div id=«mychilddivid3»> </div> </div> </div> ... |
Код, приведённый ниже, добавит текст «text1» в div с id=»mychilddivid1″, и текст «text2» в div с id=»mychilddivid3″.
$(«#myparentdivid»).children(«#mychilddivid1»).text(«text1»); $(«#myparentdivid»).find(«#mychilddivid3»).text(«text2»); |