I want to remove all <br> tags in the div class category alternate but for some reason I can't get it work.

Here is what I got so far:

$('div.category alternate').find('br').remove();

I want to remove all <br> tags in the div class category alternate but for some reason I can't get it work.

Here is what I got so far:

$('div.category alternate').find('br').remove();

• javascript
• jquery
• dom

• That should work, your selector is wrong. What's the HTML look like? – sachleen Commented Sep 30, 2012 at 17:52
• 1 What do you think he means? You have some HTML being sent to the browser, and you want to modify the elements, right? Well, "What does the HTML look like?" – I Hate Lazy Commented Sep 30, 2012 at 18:06

3 Answers 3

If your HTML looks like this:

<div class="category alternate">
   whatever<br>
</div>

then you want this:

$('div.category.alternate br').remove();

On the other hand, if your HTML looks like this:

<div class="category">
   <div class="alternate">
     whatever<br>
   </div>
</div>

then you want this:

$('div.category .alternate br').remove();

There is no such thing as an <alternate> tag.

$('div.category alternate') tries to find all alternate tags inside div with class category. Maybe you ment $('div.category .alternate')