jQuery find() with Example



The find() method in jQuery is used to return descendant elements of the selected element.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(selector).find(filter)

Above, filter is a selector expression to filter the search for descendants.

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery find() method −

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style>    .demo * {       display: block;       border: 2px solid blue;       padding: 5px;       margin: 15px;    } </style> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>    $(document).ready(function(){       $("ol").find("span").css({"background-color": "orange", "color": "black","border": "3px dashed orange"});    }); </script> </head> <body class="demo">body <div style="width:600px;"> <ol>ol <ol>ol <ol>ol <li>li <span>span</span> </li> </ul> </ul> </ul> </div> </body> </html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Updated on: 2019-11-12T11:54:18+05:30

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