jQuery first child of “this”

Question

I\'m trying to pass \"this\" from a clicked span to a jQuery function that can then execute jQuery on that clicked element\'s first child. Can\'t seem to get it right...

Answer 1

Have you tried

$(":first-child", element).toggleClass("redClass");

I think you want to set your element as a context for your search. There might be a better way to do this which some other jQuery guru will hop in here and throw out at you :)