Method

Description

add()

Adds elements to the set of matched elements

addBack()

Adds the previous set of elements to the current set

andSelf()

Deprecated in version 1.8. An alias for addBack()

children()

Returns all direct children of the selected element

closest()

Returns the first ancestor of the selected element

contents()

Returns all direct children of the selected element (including text and comment nodes)

each()

Executes a function for each matched element

end()

Ends the most recent filtering operation in the current chain, and return the set of matched elements to its previous state

eq()

Returns an element with a specific index number of the selected elements

filter()

Reduce the set of matched elements to those that match the selector or pass the function's test

find()

Returns descendant elements of the selected element

first()

Returns the first element of the selected elements

has()

Returns all elements that have one or more elements inside of them

is()

Checks the set of matched elements against a selector/element/jQuery object, and return true if at least one of these elements matches the given arguments

last()

Returns the last element of the selected elements

map()

Passes each element in the matched set through a function, producing a new jQuery object containing the return values

next()

Returns the next sibling element of the selected element

nextAll()

Returns all next sibling elements of the selected element

nextUntil()

Returns all next sibling elements between two given arguments

not()

Returns elements that do not match a certain criteria

offsetParent()

Returns the first positioned parent element

parent()

Returns the direct parent element of the selected element

parents()

Returns all ancestor elements of the selected element

parentsUntil()

Returns all ancestor elements between two given arguments

prev()

Returns the previous sibling element of the selected element

prevAll()

Returns all previous sibling elements of the selected element

prevUntil()

Returns all previous sibling elements between two given arguments

siblings()

Returns all sibling elements of the selected element

slice()

Reduces the set of matched elements to a subset specified by a range of indices