How to check if the element is not the first-child?

Question

How do you know if the current element is not the first-child?

It should work with $(this), for example:

$("li").click(function(e) {
    if (/* $(this) is not the first-child */)
    {
        /* do something */
    }
});

Answer 1

For all li's in #thing that aren't first child:

$('#thing li:not(:first-child)')

see http://api.jquery.com/not-selector/

Answer 2

If you would like to select everything except the first child, this is how to do it:

$('#some-parent').children().not(':first')

Answer 3

You can do this just to test an element if it's the first child: $(this).is(':first-child'). Other selectors like :last-child would work too.

Answer 4

jQuery .not()

$(this).not(':first');

Answer 5

You could simply ask for its .index() position (relative to its siblings).

$(this).index();   // returns a zero based index position

Answer 6

Check the index

$(this).index() == 0 // is first

Answer 7

Also, you can check if $(this).prev().length is defined, like in:

if (!$(this).prev().length){ //This means $(this is the first child
    //do stuff
}

Answer 8

Keep it simple, use the DOM

$("li").click(function(e) {

    if ($(this).previousSibling != null)
    {
        /* do something */
    }

});