What is the difference between jQuery's space and > selectors?

Question

What\'s the difference between the space and > selectors? And possibly related, how can I look for something that\'s the direct child of something else, and not lower down the d

Answer 1

For:

  
Item 1
  
Item 2
    

      
Item 2.1
      
Item 2.2
    
  
  
Item 3

For example

$("ul > li").addClass("blah");

adds class "blah" to 1 2 and 3 whereas:

$("ul li").addClass("blah");

add class "blah" to every list element.

I'm not sure what you're referring to with < and ? operators.