title: jQuery - selectors and $(this)
body: <p>Ok this is a general question about how to solve this issue, not to find some work around for the example given.</p>
  
  <p>Lets say I have a <code>$(this)</code> object and it is a <code>select</code>, if I want to select the selected option and I had an <code>id</code> I could just bust a</p>
  
  <p><code>$('#id option:selected')</code></p>
  
  <p>game over.</p>
  
  <p>but with a <code>this</code> I can't go <code>$(this+' option:selected')</code> or anything like that.</p>
  
  <p>I am not so concerned with selecting the <code>option:selected</code> in the example so I don't want to know a workaround solution for this instance.</p>
  
  <p>What I want to know is in general how you combine the subselectors like <code>:has</code> or <code>option:selected</code> with a <code>$(this)</code> situation.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>