Children is the set of all nodes within a hierarchical data structure which have a node above them.
Questions tagged [children]
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Best way to get child nodes
I was wondering, JavaScript offers a variety of methods to get the first child element from any element, but which is the best? By best, I mean: most cross-browser compatible, fastest, most comprehensive and predictable when it comes to behaviour. A…

Elias Van Ootegem
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jquery if div id has children
This if-condition is what's giving me trouble:
if (div id=myfav has children) {
do something
} else {
do something else
}
I tried all the following:
if ( $('#myfav:hasChildren') ) { do something }
if ( $('#myfav').children() ) { do something…

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Career day in kindergarten: how to demonstrate programming in 20 minutes?
Original Question
I was invited to the kindergarten group of my elder daughter to talk and answer the kids' questions about my profession. There are 26 kids of age 4-6 in the group, plus 3 teachers who are fairly scared of anything related to…

Péter Török
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Loop through childNodes
I'm trying to loop through childNodes like this:
var children = element.childNodes;
children.forEach(function(item){
console.log(item);
});
However, it output Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function due to forEach function. I also try…

user3828771
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Jquery $(this) Child Selector
I'm using this:
jQuery('.class1 a').click( function() {
if ($(".class2").is(":hidden")) {
$(".class2").slideDown("slow");
} else {
$(".class2").slideUp();
}
});
On page structure:
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Orbalon
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parent & child with position fixed, parent overflow:hidden bug
I don't know if there is an issue, but I was wondering why the overflow:hidden does not function on fixed parent/children element.
Here's an example:
CSS and HTML:
.parent{
position:fixed;
overflow:hidden;
width:300px;
height:300px;
…

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Styling nested elements in WPF
Suppose you have a nested element structure, for example a ContextMenu with MenuItems:
...
You can easily apply styles…

gix
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Angular 2 routing redirect to with child routes
I am a newbie in Angular 2. I want to create isolated modules for every part of my app. For example I created the AuthModule with default component - AuthComponent which contain a router-outlet for his child components (SignIn or SignUp). So I want…

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How to select a node's first child name? XPath
I have an XML from which I have to select the name of the child of one of the nodes. I'm kind of a beginner in this, so I didn't find the Xpath expression to do it. I know the level of the node
Example
Name from /Employee/Department/
but…

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css all divs vs direct child divs
I have this structure:
ddddddd
pppppppppp
pppppppppp
ddddddd
I want to put borders on the divs that contain ddddddd, and I want to set…

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Suggestions on starting a child programming
What languages and tools do you consider a youngster starting out in programming should use in the modern era?
Lots of us started with proprietary Basics and they didn't do all of us long term harm :) but given the experiences you have had since…

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How can I get the child windows of a window given its HWND?
I have the handle for a given window. How can I enumerate its child windows?

Yuriy Faktorovich
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How do I make this loop all children recursively?
I have the following:
for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++){
if(hasClass(children[i], "lbExclude")){
children[i].parentNode.removeChild(children[i]);
}
};
I would like it to loop through all children's children, etc (not just the…

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Suitable environment for a 7 year old
My 7 year old would like to learn, how to program? (his idea not mine, and he does things in the outside world. So, I am not too worried from that point of view. He already went so far as to take a game programming book out of my office to read at…

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