Question

I want to set float values for the first three li present in my HTML using javascript. I have named the parent ul as “something”. Is it possible to set the float attribute for these li without naming them?

Answer 1

Sure, you can find the unnamed li elements in pure javascript using this snippet:

var children = document.getElementById('something').getElementsByTagName('li');

Where something is the name of the parent.

Then you access the first three children as usual

children[0].style.float = "left";
children[1].style.float = "left";
children[2].style.float = "left";