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JavaScript

Marcos Raj
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Marcos Raj
Courses Plus Student 5,979 Points
Posted by Marcos Raj
Marcos Raj
Courses Plus Student 5,979 Points

What if I want to select a particular children from the UL? 

const lis = ul.children;

In the above code it will trigger all the UL children, but what if i want to trigger only the the first children? The Code I might has been written is as mentioned below:

const lis = ul.children[0];

Kindly correct me if it is wrong. Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

Serhii Lihus
Serhii Lihus
6,352 Points
Serhii Lihus
Serhii Lihus
6,352 Points

Hi there Marcos!

First of all you can simply select all those children.

<ul id="list">
  <li>one</li>
  <li>two</li>
  <li>three</li>
  <li>four</li>
</ul>

// You can select them directly(all of them)
var li = document.querySelectorAll('#list li');
// only first
console.log('Show first element :' + li[0])
var length = li.length;
// show all
for(var i = 0; i < length; i++)
    console.log(li[i]);

Or you can use children property. Html for this case remain the same.

// selecting ul
var ul = document.querySelector('#list');
// using children property (show last element of the list)
console.log(ul.children[ul.children.length-1]);

Best regards.