Reputation: 287
$(".sidebar>i:nth-child(3)").on("click", showMenu);
<div class="sidebar">
<i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i>
<div class="colorPalette">
<button class="submit">Submit</button>
<p>Color Pallette:</p><br />
<div class="colors_1">
<span id="color1"></span>
<span id="color2"></span>
<span id="color3"></span>
</div>
<div class="colors_2">
<span id="color4"></span>
<span id="color5"></span>
<span id="color6"></span>
</div>
</div>
<i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-o-left" title="Back to Menu"></i>
</div>
I need to select the 2nd (Back to Menu) button. So why nth-child(3) works but not nth-child(2)?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 713
Reputation: 73976
Since :nth-child(n)
selects all children inside a parent element, regardless of what they are. So, in your case:
.sidebar>i:nth-child(3)
// This is the 3rd child, i tag
.sidebar>i:nth-child(2)
// This is the 2nd child, div tag
console.log($('.sidebar>i:nth-child(1)')[0])
console.log($('.sidebar>:nth-child(2)')[0])
console.log($('.sidebar>i:nth-child(2)')[0])
console.log($('.sidebar>i:nth-child(3)')[0])
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="sidebar">
<i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i>
<div class="colorPalette">Test</div>
<i class="fa fa-arrow" title="Back to Menu"></i>
</div>
What you need is actually :nth-of-type()
selector.
console.log($('.sidebar>i:nth-of-type(1)')[0])
console.log($('.sidebar>i:nth-of-type(2)')[0])
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="sidebar">
<i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i>
<div class="colorPalette">
Test
</div>
<i class="fa fa-arrow" title="Back to Menu"></i>
</div>
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 8470
From JQuery's docs:
The :nth-child(n) pseudo-class is easily confused with :eq(n), even though the two can result in dramatically different matched elements. With :nth-child(n), all children are counted, regardless of what they are, and the specified element is selected only if it matches the selector attached to the pseudo-class. With :eq(n) only the selector attached to the pseudo-class is counted, not limited to children of any other element, and the (n+1)th one (n is 0-based) is selected.
Upvotes: 2