How do I use jQuery to select all children except a select element

Question

I have a div (let\'s say the id is \"container\") with many elements in it, including a select element. I\'d like to select all everything in the div except the select. Thin

Answer 1

It is not clear what you actually want from your question. :not(select) will filter out the select from all the descendants but it will not out the select descendants. If this is your issue then try the following

Demo

$("#container *").filter( function(){ 
    return $(this).closest('select').length === 0 
})