get first child in jquery code example
Example 1: jquery first child
$('div:first-child')
Example 2: jquery first child
$( "li" ).first().css( "background-color", "red" );
Example 3: select xml child element with jQuery
var xmlString = "<route><name>Lakeway</name><abrv>LAKE</abrv><eta><time>00:30</time><dest>MAIN</dest></eta></route>",
xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xmlString ),
$xml = $( xmlDoc ),
$abrv = $xml.find( "abrv" ).text() == "LAKE" ? $xml.find( "abrv" ) : false;
var time = $abrv.next().children("time").text();
var dest = $abrv.next().children("dest").text();
alert(time + " " + dest);
Example 4: how to select the first div in jQuery
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>first demo</title>
<style>
td {
color: blue;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>Row 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row 2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row 3</td></tr>
</table>
<script>
$( "tr:third" ).css( "font-style", "italic" );
</script>
</body>
</html>