[jQuery] Re: why is :first-child selecting sub elements?

I don't understand.. there's no where that you are using ":first-
child" like your subject line says

On Apr 29, 11:43 am, Liming <lmxudot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, I have a lay out like so
>
> <div id="childtest_toprow">
>                 <div id="subtest_1">
>                         <div id="subtest_1_1"></div>
>                         <div id="subtest_1_2"></div>
>                 </div>
>                 </div>
>                 <div id="subtest_2">
>                 </div>
> </div>
>
> I want to select the first child of "childtest_toprow" which is
> "subtest_1"
>
> when i do
>
> $("div[id ^= 'childtest_' ] :nth-child(1)").each(function() {
>                                         alert( $(this).attr("id") )
>
> });
>
> I get "subtest_1" AND "subest_1_1"
>
> what am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> ps: i'm using firefox 3 and IE 7