Find element from jQuery matching objects

Question

I have a click event listener as below:

$(".clickable").click(function (e) {

  var results= $(e.currentTarget).closest('div.set').find('.clickable');
      // returns 
      //[<label for="thumbnail" class="clickable">1 Malaysia</label>,
      //<div class="thumbnail clickable">…</div>]

  var label = $(results).find('label'); // returns [] (empty list)

}

My problem is, how can I select the label element from the results list ? Thanks !

Also, in all likelihood e.currentTarget should be this.

Ja͢ck
– Ja͢ck

2014-06-24 10:42:14 +00:00
Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 10:42 — Ja͢ck
– Ja͢ck, Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 10:42

Balachandran · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-24 10:37:47Z

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Try to use .filter() instead of .find(),

var label = results.filter('label');

.find() will search for descendants, but here we are in need to filter out the required element from the collection, so use .filter(selector) here.

And also you could have simply used as satpal said like,

var results= $(e.currentTarget).closest('div.set').find('label.clickable');

edited Jun 24, 2014 at 10:37

answered Jun 24, 2014 at 10:31

Balachandran

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2 Comments

Satpal Over a year ago

@Unicorn, Just curious Why not var results= $(e.currentTarget).closest('div.set').find('label.clickable');?

pekcheng Over a year ago

@Satpal, cause I will be using the values in Div element later, simply personal preferences that I like to select one time for the general elements (results) then further filter in the children, instead of doing 2 almost-alike selection. Eg: $(e.currentTarget).closest('div.set').find('label.clickable') and $(e.currentTarget).closest('div.set').find('div.clickable')

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