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JavaScript Build an Interactive Website Introduction to jQuery Using jQuery to Select Elements

Joseph Muruguru
Joseph Muruguru
3,913 Points
Posted by Joseph Muruguru
Joseph Muruguru
3,913 Points

help wanted on selecting jquery elements

whenever i decide to use the jquery method of picking all of the unordered list li elements that have the class of nav but when i write $("ul li .nav") it does not work. is there another solution to this problem?

2 Answers

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points 
$("ul li.nav")

What you're saying is all .nav classes inside a list item, inside a unordered list; opposed to list items with a class of .nav, inside a ul.

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Joseph,

It's the ul element which has the class of "nav"

$("ul.nav li");