Skip recursion in jQuery.find() for a selector?

Question

TL;DR: How do I get an action like find(), but block traversal (not full stop, just skip) for a certain selector?

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Answer 1

If I understand you:

understanding your needs better and applying the specific classes you need, I think this is the syntax will work:

var targetsOfTopGroups  = $('.InterfaceGroup .Interface:not(.Interface .Interface):not(.Interface .InterfaceGroup)')

This Fiddle is an attempt to reproduce your scenario. Feel free to play around with it.

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I think I found the problem. You were not including the buttons in your not selector

I changed the binding to be

        var Controls = $('.InterfaceGroup .Interface :button:not(.Interface .Interface :button):not(.Interface .InterfaceGroup :button)');

Fiddle