jQuery – General sibling selector example
jQuery general sibling selector (X ~ Y) is used to select all elements matched by “Y” that is a sibling of a “X” element.
For example,
<div class="class1"></div>
<p>I'm class1 sibling #1</p>
<p>I'm class1 sibling #2</p>
<p>I'm class1 sibling #3</p>
The <div> and <p> are in sibling relationship. The “$(.class1 ~ p)” statement will select all the <p> elements.
jQuery Example
In this example, Both <div> tag with value “I’m form siblings #1 – DIV” and <div> tag with value “I’m form siblings #3 – DIV” are matched, because they are the siblings elements of <form>.
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery general sibling selector example</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
div { padding:8px 0px 8px 8px; }
</style>
</head>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("form ~ div").css("border", "2px solid red");
});
</script>
<body>
<h1>jQuery general sibling selector example</h1>
<form>
<label>TextBox 1 (Child) : </label><input name="textbox1">
<div class="level1">
<label>TextBox 2 (GrandChild) : </label><input name="textbox2">
</div>
<div class="level1">
<div class="level2">
<label>TextBox 3 (Great GrandChild) : </label><input name="textbox3">
</div>
</div>
<label>TextBox 4 (Child) : </label><input name="textbox4">
</form>
<div> I'm form siblings #1 - DIV</div>
<p> I'm form siblings #2 - P </p>
<div> I'm form siblings #3 - DIV </div>
<p> I'm form siblings #4 - P </p>
</body>
</html>
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