sparkpool wrote: : This finds span.bar, as I expected, but not what I want: : jQuery('#zzz :first')
$('#foo').contents().get(0) .contents() is used to get childNodes. http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/contents HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist Free Market Advocate Web Programmer 254 968-8328 http://www.clarksonenergyhomes.com/wordpress/about/ Don't tread on my bandwidth. Trim your posts.