Three different ways: 1. children() lookup $(this).children('div')
2. context lookup $('> div',this) 3. find() $(this).find('> div') // is basically the same as nº2 Are you reading the docs at docs.jquery.com? They're very clear and have examples for every selector. cheers, - ricardo On Oct 22, 1:45 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to jQuery and I dabbled in it a little last night. I know you > can access a child element via $("parent > child") but what if you're > currently accessing the parent using the $(this) operator? Would I > just use $(this > child) without the quotes? That doesn't stike me as > something that would work... > > Thanks, > Adam