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How to get the children of the $(this) selector?

I have a layout similar to this, and would like to use a jQuery selector to select the child img inside the div on click.

<div id="...">
  <img src="...">
</div>

To get the div, I've got this selector:

$(this)

How can I get the child img using a selector?

Solution

  • The jQuery constructor accepts a 2nd parameter called context which can be used to override the context of the selection. 

    jQuery("img", this);

    Which is the same as using .find() like this:

    jQuery(this).find("img");

    If the imgs you desire are only direct descendants of the clicked element, you can also use .children():

    jQuery(this).children("img");