I want to find an element by class name. I know it will appear in a particular parent div, so rather than search the entire dom, I'd like to search only the particular div. I am trying this, but does not seem to be the correct syntax:
var element = $("#parentDiv").(".myClassNameOfInterest");
what's the right way to do that?
Thanks
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You were close. You can do:
var element = $("#parentDiv").find(".myClassNameOfInterest");
.find() - http://api.jquery.com/findAlternatively, you can do:
var element = $(".myClassNameOfInterest", "#parentDiv");
...which sets the context of the jQuery object to the #parentDiv.
EDIT:
Additionally, it may be faster in some browsers if you do div.myClassNameOfInterest instead of just .myClassNameOfInterest.
var element = $("#parentDiv .myClassNameOfInterest")
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