Question

Ive got this script:

$(function(){

  $(".submenu li:even").addClass("oddrow");

});

It works great – but it continues to stripe through all the submenus…

How do i contain it, so it starts again at the start of each submenu

Answer 1

You could use a context to restrict the selection (i imagine you have various <ul> that contains your <li>) so that you iterate over the <ul> and then select only the even <li> of that <ul>

$(function(){
   $(".submenu ul").each(function(){
       //provide a context so that it select only `<li>` that are 
       //descendant of that `<ul>` `this` is the current `<ul>`
       $("li:even", this).addClass("oddrow");
   });
});