It is a jQuery Selector used to select every element that is the only child of it's parent i.e only a single child is selected.
Syntax:
$(":only-child")Example 1: In this example, we are using only-child selector.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery :only-child Selector</title>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("p:only-child").css(
"background-color", "green");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>
<center>Geeks</center>
</h1>
<div style="border:1px solid;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
</div>
<br>
<div style="border:1px solid;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
<p>jQuery:Only Child Selector</p>
</div>
<br>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Example 2: In this example, we are using only-child selector.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery :only-child Selector</title>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("p:only-child").css(
"background-color", "green");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>
<center>Geeks</center>
</h1>
<div style="border:1px solid;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
</div>
<br>
<div style="border:1px solid;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
</div>
<br>
<div style="border:1px solid;">
<p>Geeks for Geeks</p>
</div>
<br>
</body>
</html>
Output:
