Thank you all very much for replying. Mauricio's code worked for me :) var el = $('#continer *:first').is('h2'); alert(el); // returns true if first child is H2, false otherwise
Again, thanks! :) On Apr 7, 10:04 pm, Eric Garside <gars...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I understand what you want. Try this: > > $('#content :first-child')[0].tagName.toLowerCase(); // Will return > "a" if it's an anchor, "div" for a div, "img" for an image tag, etc. > > On Apr 7, 12:37 pm, "Mauricio \(Maujor\) Samy Silva" > > <css.mau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > var $el = xx.is('h2'); //if it indeed matches a h2, returns true? > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > var el = $('#continer *:first').is('h2'); > > alert(el); // returns true if first child is H2, false otherwise. > > > Maurício