Also, you could do it XPath style (untested):
$(this).find('/span/a').html('it works');
For more info, check out:
http://docs.jquery.com/DOM/Traversing/Selectors
--Erik
On 8/28/07, Erik Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Your last guess is the right idea, but not valid javascript syntax. Maybe try:
>
> $(this).find(">span>a").html("it works");
>
> If you just want all of the anchors under 'this', you can do:
>
> $(this).find('a').html(...);
>
> If you know the ID of the element you're looking under, you can do:
>
> $('#container > span > a').html('it works');
>
> Or:
>
> $('#container a').html('it works');
>
> Depending on what anchors you want.
>
> --Erik
>
>
> On 8/28/07, Nico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to optimize this selector:
> >
> > $(this).children("span").children("a").html("it works");
> >
> > Because I think that these 2 .children are not "light" javascript
> >
> > My HTML:
> > <div id="container">
> > <span>
> > <a href="#">My link</a>
> > </span>
> > </div>
> >
> > I try something like $(this > "span > a").html("it works");
> >
> > But it doesn't work.
> >
> > I'm sure that it's a dummy question but i doesn't find by myself...
> > thanks for your help.
> >
> >
>
