From 4e14d219c4d605ee1e609818cd8032509b576317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Crandell Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 00:57:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] one possible solution found this in a Google search for "css selector from jquery obj" so update for https://learn.jquery.com/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element/ --- ...elect-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md b/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md index 10490556..75ec17fe 100644 --- a/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md +++ b/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md @@ -21,3 +21,13 @@ Unfortunately, you cannot concatenate strings to objects. ### Related Articles * [The jQuery Object](/using-jquery-core/jquery-object/) + +so first pass in the obj then use find. + +``` + var jMyDomElement = $( myDomElement); + + jMyDomElement.find(".bar") + + jMyDomElement.find("a") +``