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The selector you want is 'prev + next': http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/next#prevnext Eg, if I wanted to highlight in blue every paragraph object that comes after a h1 heading: $('h1 + p').css('color', 'blue'); On May 29, 2:06 pm, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I realized that I misstated my problem. I realized that the item I > want to check for is NOT a child, but the element that comes AFTER a > specific element. So, I have a list of specific elements, and if an > element with a specific class does not come after the first element, > hide the first element. > > Sorry this sounds strange. I am trying to create a work around for my > CMS. > > On May 28, 5:53 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You can do it with selectors: > > > $('#main:not(:has(*))').hide(); > > > Ie - 'select the element with the id "main" that does _not_ contain > > any other element'. > > > Note that this is different from $('#main:empty') which includes text > > nodes. > > > On May 29, 12:10 pm, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would do it by checking the DOM directly, just because it's reasonably > > > straightforward and very efficient: > > > > var $main = $('#main'); > > > if( $main[0] && $main[0].firstChild ) $main.hide(); > > > > -Mike > > > > > I am wondering how I could check if a parent element has > > > > children, and it it does not, I would like to hide the parent. > > > > > I was looking at something like the following, but I am not > > > > sure how to get it to work how I want: > > > > > $("#main > *").hide;- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
