jQuery parent descendant Selector selects every element which is a descendant to a specific(parent) element.
Syntax:
$("parent descendant")Example 1: In this example, we are using parent descendant selector.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("div span").css("color",
"lightgreen");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h4>This div element has descendant span:</h4>
<div>
<span>DESCENDANT ELEMENT</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Example 2: Here is another example, of parent descendant selector.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("button").click(function () {
$("div span").css("color", "lightgreen");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h4>This div element has descendant span:</h4>
<div>
<span>DESCENDANT ELEMENT</span>
</div>
<br>
<button>Change color</button>
</body>
</html>
Output:
