Is possible to use $(this) and universal selector (*)?

Question

I want to know if it is possible to use universal selector with $(this). When, for example, I want delete all inline CSS from the element and its children I use this code:

$('#element, #element *').attr('style','');

But if i have $(this) what is the code?

Maybe I have to try:

 $(this, this+'*').attr('style','');

Answer 1

You can either use find()

$(this).find('*').attr('style','');

or the context selector

$('*', this).attr('style','');

to do the same thing as $('#element *') with this

If the element represented by this should be part of the collection, you can add it back

$(this).find('*').addBack().attr('style','');

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I tend to agree with Rory McCrossan in the comments, using a parent element and external styles would be preferable to changing the style attribute on multiple elements

.element.styled * { /* styles for all children */ }

then just

$('.element').removeClass('styled')

to remove the styles on the children