Question

I would like to combine my Selector that selects an Element based on an mouseover Event. This is what I have so far.

parentItem.mouseenter(function ()
{
    var childItems = $(this).add(this + "li:first");
    childItems.show();
});

I understand that I can’t use ‘this’ by itself nor can I add the two together, because it isn’t a string.

How would I accomplish this concept? Thanks.

Answer 1

If I understand correctly you are trying to select the first li under the element that fired the event? You could use this as a context:

parentItem.mouseenter(function ()
{
    var childItems = $("li:first",this);
    childItems.show();
});