What does this mean: "jQuery ('> li', this)"

Question

I am trying to understand how this jQuery plugin works: http://codeasily.com/jquery/multi-column-list-with-jquery

In the plugin, this line starts from the beginning:

 if(jQuery('> li', this)) {

I know that

ul > li

means: this means selecting all li whose direct parent is ul. But what does li mean? I ran:

$('> li')

but he returns

[]

although I have many nested unordered HTML pages per page.

Answer 1

Do not use it. The docs say you shouldn't use them, as this will be obsolete soon.

From http://api.jquery.com/child-selector/

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Answer 2

jQuery - .

jQuery('> li', this)

, :

jQuery(this).find('> li')

Answer 3

, $(this).children('li'). : " this (> li)".

Answer 4

jsut ul > li, , ul , this. , , this , , > li to.

, :

var ele = $('ul#someId');
var list = $('> li', ele);


var list2 = $('ul#someId > li');

// list is the same as list2

Answer 5

It will look for the element liin immediate children within the element this, where it thiscan be a jQuery object or a DOM element.

Answer 6

The selector searches for any immediate children <li>in the context of the thisDOM element