Selecting only first-level elements in jquery

Question

How can I select the link elements of only the parent

from a list like this?

Link         


        

Answer 1

You might want to try this if results still flows down to children, in many cases JQuery will still apply to children.

$("ul.rootlist > li > a")

Using this method: E > F Matches any F element that is a child of an element E.

Tells JQuery to look only for explicit children. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html