Selecting only first-level elements in jquery

Question

How can I select the link elements of only the parent

from a list like this?

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Answer 1

Once you have the initial ul, you can use the children() method, which will only consider the immediate children of the element. As @activa points out, one way to easily select the root element is to give it a class or an id. The following assumes you have a root ul with id root.

$('ul#root').children('li');