Hey,
1. Let's say your div is #mydiv.
Use
$('#mydiv .personal').text()
or
$('#mydiv').children('.personal').text()
2. To get descendants use children(expr) or contents() -
http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing
3. To get current element use $(this) or to add to selection use
andSelf() - http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/andSelf
Adam
On Jun 17, 5:01 pm, mkn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Feel free to refer me to a FAQ if I've missed one.
>
> Where 'a' is a jquery object representing a div element, I have
> a.("#" + a.attr('id') + " .personal").text()
> in my code. I would expect that this would return only the text of the
> descendant node with the class "personal," but I receive back the text
> of the '#id' node. Am I doing something incorrectly?
>
> Also, I've got that self-referential selector because I have been
> unable
> to find either 1) a jquery method that allows me to grab all the
> descendants of a and then filter them, or 2) a selector that allows me
> to refer to the current element. (Will a quoted "this" do that?)
>
> Thanks
