jQuery :only-child Selector

It is a jQuery Selector used to select every element that is the only child of it’s parent i.e only a single child is selected. 

Syntax:

$(":only-child")

Example 1: In this example, we are using only-child selector.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>jQuery :only-child Selector</title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("p:only-child").css(
                "background-color", "green");
        });
    </script>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>
        <center>Beginner</center>
    </h1>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Beginner for Beginner</p>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Beginner for Beginner</p>
        <p>jQuery:Only Child Selector</p>
    </div>
    <br>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

  

Example 2: In this example, we are using only-child selector.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>jQuery :only-child Selector</title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("p:only-child").css(
                "background-color", "green");
        });
    </script>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>
        <center>Beginner</center>
    </h1>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Beginner for Beginner</p>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Beginner for Beginner</p>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Beginner for Beginner</p>
    </div>
    <br>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

 



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