Learning jQuery 3 - Fifth Edition

More selector and traversal methods

Even after all the examples we've seen, we have not come close to exploring every way to find elements on a page using jQuery. There are dozens of selectors and DOM traversal methods available to us, and each has a particular utility we may need to call upon.

To find the appropriate selector or method for our needs, many resources are available to us. The quick reference at the end of this book lists each selector and method with a very brief description of each. For lengthier descriptions and usage examples, though, we will need a more thorough guide, such as the online jQuery API reference. This site lists all the selectors at http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/, and the traversal methods at http://api.jquery.com/category/traversing/ ...