Hi Jack,
One way you could do it is to use the .andSelf() method:
$(context).find('selector').andSelf();
http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/andSelf
--Karl
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Karl Swedberg
www.englishrules.com
www.learningjquery.com
On Jul 30, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
>
> i wish there were a convenient way to apply a selector to an element
> and its descendants
>
> the following works, except that it excludes the context element,
> whether it matches the selector or not,
>
> $('selector', context)
>
> the following applies the selector to the context element and its
> descendants, but additionally applies it to the context element's
> siblings and their descendants,
>
> $('selector', context.parentNode)
>
> may i file a ticket, for applying the selector to the context element,
> as well as its descendants?
> >
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