Hi Lisaraël
thanks for your help and sorry for late reply - I was down with a flu :-( the odd idea was a great idea and it works perfectly :clap: It would also select the first td, but this is not a problem as its not input ready. thanks again GGerri Lisaraël wrote: > > > $('#PG1_L03-table td:nth-child(odd) input') ? (untested too) > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/can-you-simplify-this-selector--easy-for-you...-tp20459678s27240p20542570.html Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.