Question

var tab1 = $('.tabs a:first-child').attr('href');
alert(tab1);

.. matches only one although there are two div.switch on the same page. The second is down on the page, not in the same parent.

Edit: Basically my question is, :first-child should find all the elements, but it just stops after one like :first

Answer 1

$('.tabs').each(function() {
 alert($('a:first-child', $(this)).attr('href'));
});