What is the meaning of this selector: $("#someID > * *")
I know that > means child nodes and * means all nodes, but I’m confused by the two asterisks. Any ideas?
What is the meaning of this selector: $(#someID > * *) I know that
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What is the meaning of this selector: $("#someID > * *")
I know that > means child nodes and * means all nodes, but I’m confused by the two asterisks. Any ideas?
It selects all grandchildren or lower of
#someID.Explanation:
#someID > *selects all direct children of#someID.Adding
*will select all descendants of those children. (but not the children themselves)Thus, it will select all descendants of
#someIDexcept for its direct children.It could also be written as
$('#someID *').not('#someID > *').