$(this).parents('.A').find('.findme');
On Nov 28, 10:35 pm, Keith Grennan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I find myself doing this a lot, and thinking there must be a more
> elegant way...
>
> <div class="A">
> <div class="A1">
> <a href="" id="clickme">Click me</a>
> </div>
> <div class="A2">
> <div class="findme"></div>
> </div>
> </div>
>
> $("#clickme").bind('click', function() {
>
> var container = $(this).parents('.A');
> var findme = $('.findme', container);
>
> });
>
> Is there a way to make those two traversals into a single jQuery line,
> without knowing what the structure is beneath '.A', only that there is
> a '.findme' in there somewhere?
>
> $(this).parents('.A').children('.findme'); doesn't work because
> children just looks at the immediate children.
>
> A traversal function like .descendants() (to children() as parents()
> is to parent()) would be cool.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
