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id: bad87fee1348bd9aed208826
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title: Target the Children of an Element Using jQuery
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challengeType: 6
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forumTopicId: 18320
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dashedName: target-the-children-of-an-element-using-jquery
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---
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# --description--
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When HTML elements are placed one level below another they are called < dfn > children</ dfn > of that element. For example, the button elements in this challenge with the text "#target1 ", "#target2 ", and "#target3 " are all children of the `<div class="well" id="left-well">` element.
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jQuery has a function called `children()` that allows you to access the children of whichever element you've selected.
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Here's an example of how you would use the `children()` function to give the children of your `left-well` element the color `blue` :
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`$("#left-well").children().css("color", "blue")`
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# --instructions--
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Give all the children of your `right-well` element the color orange.
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# --hints--
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All children of `#right-well` should have orange text.
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```js
assert($('#right -well').children().css('color') === 'rgb(255, 165, 0)');
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```
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You should use the `children()` function to modify these elements.
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```js
assert(code.match(/\.children\(\)\.css/g));
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```
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You should only use jQuery to add these classes to the element.
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```js
assert(code.match(/< div class = "well" id = "right-well" > /g));
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```
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# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```html
< script >
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#target1 ").css("color", "red");
$("#target1 ").prop("disabled", true);
$("#target4 ").remove();
$("#target2 ").appendTo("#right -well");
$("#target5 ").clone().appendTo("#left -well");
$("#target1 ").parent().css("background-color", "red");
});
< / script >
<!-- Only change code above this line -->
< div class = "container-fluid" >
< h3 class = "text-primary text-center" > jQuery Playground< / h3 >
< div class = "row" >
< div class = "col-xs-6" >
< h4 > #left -well</ h4 >
< div class = "well" id = "left-well" >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target1" > #target1 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target2" > #target2 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target3" > #target3 </ button >
< / div >
< / div >
< div class = "col-xs-6" >
< h4 > #right -well</ h4 >
< div class = "well" id = "right-well" >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target4" > #target4 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target5" > #target5 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target6" > #target6 </ button >
< / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< / div >
```
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# --solutions--
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```html
< script >
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#target1 ").css("color", "red");
$("#target1 ").prop("disabled", true);
$("#target4 ").remove();
$("#target2 ").appendTo("#right -well");
$("#target5 ").clone().appendTo("#left -well");
$("#target1 ").parent().css("background-color", "red");
$("#right -well").children().css("color", "orange");
});
< / script >
<!-- Only change code above this line -->
< div class = "container-fluid" >
< h3 class = "text-primary text-center" > jQuery Playground< / h3 >
< div class = "row" >
< div class = "col-xs-6" >
< h4 > #left -well</ h4 >
< div class = "well" id = "left-well" >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target1" > #target1 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target2" > #target2 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target3" > #target3 </ button >
< / div >
< / div >
< div class = "col-xs-6" >
< h4 > #right -well</ h4 >
< div class = "well" id = "right-well" >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target4" > #target4 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target5" > #target5 </ button >
< button class = "btn btn-default target" id = "target6" > #target6 </ button >
< / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< / div >
```