how to limit the jquery search scope

Question

It looks like JQuery does the search in the current document when using a selector.

How to search for an element only inside a div

Answer 1

jQuery provides several ways to search for specific elements:

$("#your_div").find(".your_things");        //Find everything inside
  //-or-
$("#your_div").filter(".your_things");      //Find only the top level
  //-or-
$("#your_div .your_things");                //Easiest