<ul id="someList">
<li id="listItem1">List 1</li>
<li id="listItem2">List 2</li>
</ul>
Maybe I need to brush up on my selectors, but how would you grab the first ID of ul#someList?
Also if I'm prepending LI's to ul#someList, will I need to grab the first LI's ID in a different way?
$('ul#someList li:first')
is what you're looking for.
Your best bet is to use the first selector.
var id = $("ul#someList li:first").attr("id");
or
var id = $("ul#someList li:first").get(0).id;
Try, ****.slice( start, [ end ] )****`
<ul>
<li id='l1'>list item 1</li>
<li id='l2'>list item 2</li>
<li id='l3'>list item 3</li>
<li id='l4'>list item 4</li>
<li id='l5'>list item 5</li>
</ul>
$('li').slice(2).attr('id');
This may be another solution:
$('#someList li:nth-child(1)').attr("id");