How to append li items to fisrt ul of given id

Question

I am trying to access the first <ul> inside 2 (more) divs of given div <div class="form-group" id="contract"> i.e. $('#contract')

Code:

<div class="form-group" id="contract">
    <div class="btn-group bootstrap-select search-fields open">
        <button type="button" class="btn dropdown-toggle bs-placeholder btn-default" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" data-id="ct" title="Contract Types" aria-expanded="true">
            <span class="filter-option pull-left">Contract Types</span>&nbsp;
                <span class="bs-caret">
                    <span class="caret"></span>
                </span>
        </button>
        <div class="dropdown-menu open" role="combobox" style="max-height: 590px; overflow: hidden; min-height: 158px;">
            <div class="bs-searchbox">
                <input type="text" class="form-control" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Search value" role="textbox" aria-label="Search">
            </div>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu inner" role="listbox" aria-expanded="true" style="max-height: 543px; overflow-y: auto; min-height: 111px;">
                <li data-original-index="0" class="selected active">
                    <a tabindex="0" class="" data-tokens="null" role="option" aria-disabled="false" aria-selected="true">
                        <span class="text">Contract Types</span>
                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok check-mark"></span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li data-original-index="1">
                    <a tabindex="0" class="" data-tokens="null" role="option" aria-disabled="false" aria-selected="false">
                        <span class="text">Rent</span>
                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok check-mark"></span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li data-original-index="2">
                    <a tabindex="0" class="" data-tokens="null" role="option" aria-disabled="false" aria-selected="false">
                        <span class="text">Buy</span>
                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok check-mark"></span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li data-original-index="3">
                    <a tabindex="0" class="" data-tokens="null" role="option" aria-disabled="false" aria-selected="false">
                        <span class="text">Commercial Rent</span>
                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok check-mark"></span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li data-original-index="4">
                    <a tabindex="0" class="" data-tokens="null" role="option" aria-disabled="false" aria-selected="false">
                        <span class="text">Commercial Buy</span>
                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok check-mark"></span>
                    </a>
                </li>

                <-- *** I want to append new li items here using $('#contract') of parent's parent's parent (3rd parent's) div *** -->
            </ul>
        </div>
        <select class="selectpicker search-fields" id="ct" name="ct" data-live-search="true" data-live-search-placeholder="Search value" tabindex="-98">
            <option value="">Contract Types</option>
            <option value="1">Rent</option>
            <option value="2">Buy</option>
            <option value="3">Commercial Rent</option>
            <option value="4">Commercial Buy</option> 
            <-- *** here, I can append a new option like *** -->
            <script>
                $('#ct').append('<option value="5">New option</option>');
            </script>                                                                                                   
        </select>
    </div>
</div>

How can I append an <li> item to (first & only) <ul> using first div's id with jQuery.
Target div is not the parent but parent's parent's parent.

Answer 1

You can use .find() to find the element in all of its children and then use method .append() to append some html to the jquery object returned in previous step.

$("#contract").find(".dropdown-menu").append('<li>li Content</li>')