I'm unable to use the ids or the class names associated with the inputs due to how they're randomly generated on input.
The render looks like this:
<div class='dateSearch'>
<label>Label 1</label>
<input type='text' id='random_id_1'/>
<span>Icon</span>
<input type='text' id='random_id_2'/>
<span>Icon</span>
<input type='button' id='searchBtn'/>
</div>
I have no control of the render and can not change any content. So instead I was trying to grab the second text input and add a label before it.
<script>
$('<label>Label 2</label>').insertBefore('.dateSearch input[type=text]:nth-child(2)')
</script>
.dateSearch input[type=text] will add the label infront of both text inputs, but :nth-child(2) doesn't seem to want to work.
I've tried .dateSearch > input:nth-child(2) and that failed to work as well. I just wanted to add a label before the second input element.
$('<label>Label 2</label>').insertBefore('.dateSearch input[type=text]:nth-child(2)')<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-EVSTQN3/azprG1Anm3QDgpJLIm9Nao0Yz1ztcQTwFspd3yD65VohhpuuCOmLASjC" crossorigin="anonymous">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-MrcW6ZMFYlzcLA8Nl+NtUVF0sA7MsXsP1UyJoMp4YLEuNSfAP+JcXn/tWtIaxVXM" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<div class='dateSearch'>
<label>Label 1</label>
<input type='text' id='random_id_1'/>
<span>Icon</span>
<input type='text' id='random_id_2'/>
<span>Icon</span>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Search</button>
</div>Want it to look like this:
Label_1 [ Input Text ] (Icon) Label_2 [ Input Text ] (Icon) [ Button ]
Are you familiar with eq()? That gets you around the child selector problem because you can target elements by type as well.
Don't forget to put a for attribute on the label for accessibility if you can.
const secondInput = $('.dateSearch input[type=text]').eq(1); // zero-based
const secondInputId = secondInput.attr('id'); // optional, but wise
const label = $('<label>Label 2</label>');
label.attr('for', secondInputId); // optional, but wise
label.insertBefore(secondInput);<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class='dateSearch'>
<label>Label 1</label>
<input type='text' id='random_id_1' />
<span>Icon</span>
<input type='text' id='random_id_2' />
<span>Icon</span>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Search</button>
</div>