You can do:
var Xhaut = $('#Xhaut').find('[data-parent=16]');
Question
I'm quite noob on JS. I need to select the element with data-parent="16" on with html code :
<div class="filter-options" id="able-filter">
<div class="Xhaut" id="Xhaut">
<a class=" active" data-dimension="region" data-filter="all" href="javascript:void(0)">All</a>
<a data-term_id="18" data-parent="17" data-filter="villebelge1" href="javascript:void(0)" class="a" data-dimension="region">villeBelge1</a>
<a data-term_id="19" data-parent="17" data-filter="villebelge2" href="javascript:void(0)" class="a" data-dimension="region">villeBelge2</a>
<a data-term_id="20" data-parent="17" data-filter="villebelge3" href="javascript:void(0)" class="b" data-dimension="region">villeBelge3</a>
<a data-term_id="21" data-parent="16" data-filter="villenord1" href="javascript:void(0)" class="b" data-dimension="region">villenord1</a>
<a data-term_id="22" data-parent="16" data-filter="villenord2" href="javascript:void(0)" class="c" data-dimension="region">villenord2</a>
<a data-term_id="23" data-parent="15" data-filter="villesud1" href="javascript:void(0)" class="c" data-dimension="region">villeSud1</a>
<a data-term_id="24" data-parent="15" data-filter="villesud2" href="javascript:void(0)" class="d" data-dimension="region">villeSud2</a>
<a data-term_id="25" data-parent="15" data-filter="villesud3" href="javascript:void(0)" class="d" data-dimension="region">villeSud3</a>
</div>
</div>
I tried this kind of things :
var Xhaut = $('#Xhaut').find('a');
window.console && console.log(Xhaut);
window.console && console.log(Xhaut.siblings(".d")); // thi it ok I have villesud2 and villesud3, it's ok because I use a class selector
// But how can I select all element with data-parent="16" (not class="d", but data-parent="16")
I made a fiddle on : http://jsfiddle.net/bakalegum/2DGHD/
thks a lot.
edit : thks for your answers!
Solution
You can do:
var Xhaut = $('#Xhaut').find('[data-parent=16]');
OTHER TIPS
Without jQuery:
var Xhaut = document.querySelectorAll('[data-parent="16"]');
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/DOM/Document.querySelectorAll
Just expanding on what tymeJV put, you can shorten up it a tad:
var Xhaut = $('[data-parent=16]','#Xhaut');