Select only nth-child of a specific item type

Question

I have several forms, and I would like to select only the first and second input fields for each form

$("form input:nth-child(1), form input:nth-child(2)");

But this does not work, because each input has a label next to it, so there is no input nth-child(1).

Jsbin example

Answer 1

You can do this using :lt(), for example:

$("form input:lt(2)");

This selects all elements that match less than the passed index, the first and second elements are index 0 and 1 and will match this selector :)

Answer 2

You can use eq():

$("form input:eq(0), form input:eq(1)");

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