Question

This works in jQuery 1.3.2, but not in 1.4

$("#container").children().map(function() {
    var child = $(this);

    if (child.is(":select")) {
        //do something with child
    }
});

What is the right way to do this in jQuery 1.4?

Answer 1

If you want select elements:

$("#container").children().map(function() {
    var child = $(this);

    if (child.is("select")) {
        //do something with child
    }
});

children() does accept a selector, so you can cut this down to:

$("#container").children('select').map(function() {
    var child = $(this);
    //do something with child
});