JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Sachin Patel
HTML
<div style="column-count: 3;">
<ul>
<li>1</li>
<li>2</li>
<li>3</li>
<li>4</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>1</li>
<li>2</li>
<li>3</li>
<li>4</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>1</li>
<li>2</li>
<li>3</li>
<li>4</li>
</ul>
</div>
<span id="sa"></span>
JavaScript
$("div ul").each(function(t){ alert( $(this).find("li:first").text() ); } );
//alert($("div ul > li:first").text());