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JavaScript

Posted by Jackson Monk
Jackson Monk
4,527 Points

How to get first element from jQuery class selector?

I feel like I should know this, but you know how with regular JS, you would select the first element in a series like this:

document.getElementsByClassName('class')[0];

?

Well I'm trying to do the same thing with jQuery, butit doesnt seem to be working. I've already tried $('.class')[0], but it doesn't work. What is the proper way to do this?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,929 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,929 Points

If you want the first element, then "$('.class')[0]" should indeed work. But if you want the first jQuery object, then use "$('.class').eq(0)" instead.

If you're still having trouble, post the complete code to facilitate analysis.

Jackson Monk
Jackson Monk
4,527 Points

Thanks Steven