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HTML
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>children demo</title>
<style>
body {
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bolder;
}
div {
width: 130px;
height: 82px;
margin: 10px;
float: left;
border: 1px solid blue;
padding: 4px;
}
#container {
width: auto;
height: 105px;
margin: 0;
float: none;
border: none;
}
.hilite {
border-color: red;
}
#results {
display: block;
color: red;
}
p, span, em, a, b, button {
border: 1px solid transparent;
}
p {
margin: 10px;
}
span {
color: blue;
}
input {
width: 100px;
}
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div>
<p>This <span>is the <em>way</em> we</span>
write <em>the</em> demo,</p>
</div>
<div>
<a href="#"><b>w</b>rit<b>e</b></a> the <span>demo,</span> <button>write
the</button> demo,
</div>
<div>
This <span>the way we <em>write</em> the <em>demo</em> so</span>
<input type="text" value="early"> in
</div>
<p>
<span>t</span>he <span>m</span>orning.
<span id="results">Found <span>0</span> children in <span>TAG</span>.</span>
</p>
</div>
<script>
$( "#container" ).click(function ( event ) {
$( "*" ).removeClass( "hilite" );
var kids = $( event.target ).children();
var len = kids.addClass( "hilite" ).length;
$( "#results span:first" ).text( len );
$( "#results span:last" ).text( event.target.tagName );
event.preventDefault();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>