Exclude when parent has class

Question

trying to exclude a set of elements from the matched set when it's parent object has a cetain class.

current solution is:

$("#pages li a").not($(this).parent().hasClass('no-script'))

but this is not behaving as I would expect, what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You want to use a :not() selector on the parent, like this:

$("#pages li:not(.no-script) a")

If there many be multiple levels, make sure it's the current level's parent by using a child selector (>):

$("#pages li:not(.no-script) > a")