Question

I need to determine if there is a div with an id below a set parent.

Condition1:

<div id="top">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>

Condition2:

<div id="top">
<div></div>
<div id="something"></div>
<div></div>
</div>

I’m trying to know if the element top has any div’s with an assigned id as any child.

I’ve been trying along the lines of the following.

var test = $('#top').find('id');

But I keep getting the same result no matter if there is a div with an id or not.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this:

 var childrenWithId = $('#top [id]');

The [xx] selector tests for the presence of an attribute xx. What your code does is look for an <id> element.

EDIT: You can even be specific as to what kind of tag you want:

var divsWithId = $("#top div[id]");