JQuery DOM Traversing Methods:

Following table lists down useful methods which you can use to filter out various elements from a list of DOM elements:

Selector	Description
eq( index )	Reduce the set of matched elements to a single element.
filter( selector )	Removes all elements from the set of matched elements that do not match the specified selector(s).
filter( fn )	Removes all elements from the set of matched elements that do not match the specified function.
is( selector )	Checks the current selection against an expression and returns true, if at least one element of the selection fits the given selector.
map( callback )	Translate a set of elements in the jQuery object into another set of values in a jQuery array (which may, or may not contain elements).
not( selector )	Removes elements matching the specified selector from the set of matched elements.
slice( start, [end] )	Selects a subset of the matched elements.

Following table lists down other useful methods which you can use to locate various elements in a DOM:

Selector	Description
add( selector )	Adds more elements, matched by the given selector, to the set of matched elements.
andSelf( )	Add the previous selection to the current selection.
children( [selector])	Get a set of elements containing all of the unique immediate children of each of the matched set of elements.
closest( selector )	Get a set of elements containing the closest parent element that matches the specified selector, the starting element included.
contents( )	Find all the child nodes inside the matched elements (including text nodes), or the content document, if the element is an iframe.
end( )	Revert the most recent 'destructive' operation, changing the set of matched elements to its previous state .
find( selector )	Searches for descendent elements that match the specified selectors.
next( [selector] )	Get a set of elements containing the unique next siblings of each of the given set of elements.
nextAll( [selector] )	Find all sibling elements after the current element.
offsetParent( )	Returns a jQuery collection with the positioned parent of the first matched element.
parent( [selector] )	Get the direct parent of an element. If called on a set of elements, parent returns a set of their unique direct parent elements.
parents( [selector] )	Get a set of elements containing the unique ancestors of the matched set of elements (except for the root element).
prev( [selector] )	Get a set of elements containing the unique previous siblings of each of the matched set of elements.
prevAll( [selector] )	Find all sibling elements in front of the current element.
siblings( [selector] )	Get a set of elements containing all of the unique siblings of each of the matched set of elements.