jQuery, Select nested element

Question

I select

$("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "']");

then I want to select its nested element span.thump and set the text of it. How do i realize that?

<h4><a programm="74" class="tp" href="#"><img src="/images/tuo.png"></a><a href="">
<img width="180" height="40" src="/images/kauf_default.png"><br>test 
<span class="thump">1</span><img src="/images/ilike.png"></a></h4>

Could you post the html too, please?

Stephan Muller
– Stephan Muller

2010-09-16 15:31:16 +00:00
Commented Sep 16, 2010 at 15:31 — Stephan Muller
– Stephan Muller, Commented Sep 16, 2010 at 15:31

kennytm · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-16 15:48:13Z

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Do you mean something like

<a class="tp" programm="foo">blah <span class="thump">setTextOfThis</span> blah</a>

? If so, try

$("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "'] span.thump").text(newText);

Edit: Regarding the update, try

$("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "'] + a span.thump").text(newText);

(You may want ... ~ a span.thump if the <a> containing that <span> is not immediately next to that <a programm>.

edited Sep 16, 2010 at 15:48

answered Sep 16, 2010 at 15:31

kennytm

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DarkLeafyGreen Over a year ago

postet my html code above, this solution does not work I tried already

fearofawhackplanet Over a year ago

what is the + operator doing here? I couldn't find it in the documentation.

Patricia Over a year ago

the + is just concatanating the strings to build the selector. programm is a variable.

gnarf · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-16 15:40:39Z

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Well, the <span> you are looking for is not a child of that <a> tag you are selecting, so you will need to traverse to the .parent() node and .find() the correct child.

$("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "']").parent().find('.thump');

answered Sep 16, 2010 at 15:40

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fearofawhackplanet Over a year ago

why not just use siblings() ?

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