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jQuery find() Method

jQuery Traversing Methods

Example

Returns all <span> elements that are descendants of <ul>:

Result:


Definition and Usage

The find() method returns descendant elements of the selected element.

Descendants are the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on.

DOM Tree: This method traverses down the DOM elements' descendants until it reaches all paths to the last descendant (<html>). If you only need to traverse a single level down the DOM tree (to return direct children), use the children() method.

Note: The filter parameter is required in the find() method, unlike other tree traversal methods.

Tip: To return all descendant elements, use the "*" selector.


Syntax

Parameter Description
filter Required. A selector expression, element, or jQuery object to filter the search for descendants. <br> <br> Note: To return multiple descendants, separate each expression with a comma.

More Examples

Return all descendant elements of <html>

Return all <span> elements that are descendants of <ul>

Select only descendants with a given class name

Return multiple descendants

Filter descendant search through a jQuery collection of all <ul> elements

Demonstrate descendants of elements by tag name


jQuery Traversing Methods

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