Wouldnt this work too?$("#box .grandchild"). Glen
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Ca-Phun Ung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $('#box').find('.grandchild'); > > Greeg wrote: > > <div id="box"> > > <span class="child"> > > <span class="grandchild">hi grandma</span> > > </span> > > </div> > > > > my question is how reach the .grandchild from .box? > > > > in theory, i can just use selector $("#box .grandchild") but this is > > not much handy when you already have selected the "box" object and > > pass it to some function for example... so i gues some travesting > > method may be avalaible to handle this. i found children(), but it can > > only reach immediate children of curently selected object (so in this > > my case, the grandchild is out of reach). > > > > so is there a travesting method, or any other method which could > > select any descendant of curent element? > > thx in advice > > >