It is a jQuery Selector used to select all elements that are the direct child of its parent element.
Syntax:
("parent > child")Parameter Values:
- parent: Using this, the parent element will be selected.
- child: Using this, the direct child element of the specified parent element will be selected.
Example 1:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<h1>
<center>Geeks </center>
</h1>
<head>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("div > span").css(
"background-color", "green");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>All <span> elements that are
a direct child of <div>
element are selected.</h3>
<div style="border:1px solid black;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks
<br>
<span>
jQuery parent > child Selector
</span>
</p>
</div>
<br>
<div style="border:1px solid black;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
<span>
jQuery parent > child Selector
</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Example 2:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<h1>
<center>Geeks </center>
</h1>
<head>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("div").css(
"background-color", "green");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>All <div> elements
are selected.</h3>
<div style="border:1px solid black;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
<p>jQuery parent > child Selector
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:
