# jQuery Traversing Methods

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## jQuery Traversing Methods

Method | Description
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add() | Adds elements to the set of matched elements
addBack() | Adds the previous set of elements to the current set
andSelf() | Deprecated in version 1.8. An alias for addBack()
children() | Returns all direct children of the selected element
closest() | Returns the first ancestor of the selected element
contents() | Returns all direct children of the selected element (including text and comment nodes)
each() | Executes a function for each matched element
end() | Ends the most recent filtering operation in the current chain, and return the set of matched elements to its previous state
eq() | Returns an element with a specific index number of the selected elements
filter() | Reduce the set of matched elements to those that match the selector or pass the function's test
find() | Returns descendant elements of the selected element
first() | Returns the first element of the selected elements
has() | Returns all elements that have one or more elements inside of them
is() | Checks the set of matched elements against a selector/element/jQuery object, and return true if at least one of these elements matches the given arguments
last() | Returns the last element of the selected elements
map() | Passes each element in the matched set through a function, producing a new jQuery object containing the return values
next() | Returns the next sibling element of the selected element
nextAll() | Returns all next sibling elements of the selected element
nextUntil() | Returns all next sibling elements between two given arguments
not() | Remove elements from the set of matched elements
offsetParent() | Returns the first positioned parent element
parent() | Returns the direct parent element of the selected element
parents() | Returns all ancestor elements of the selected element
parentsUntil() | Returns all ancestor elements between two given arguments
prev() | Returns the previous sibling element of the selected element
prevAll() | Returns all previous sibling elements of the selected element
prevUntil() | Returns all previous sibling elements between two given arguments
siblings() | Returns all sibling elements of the selected element
slice() | Reduces the set of matched elements to a subset specified by a range of indices

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