Question

i’ve a list in a list like that

 <ul>
  <li>
   <ul>
    <li>something</li>
    <li>something</li>
   </ul>
  </li>

  <li>
   <ul>
    <li>something2</li>
    <li>something2</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
 </ul>

i use the selector (see below) to hide main list’s second item but this line hides 1. sublist’s second item. I want to hide main list’s second item how can i do this?

$("#main_menu ul li:eq(1)").slideUp();

Answer 1

Try this(assuming ul is the direct child of main_menu).

 $("#main_menu > ul > li:eq(1)").slideUp();

In your selector #main_menu ul li will select all the li elements within each ul of main_menu so you should specify just to search the immediate children by using > child selector.

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