jQuery Selectors

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jQuery Selectors

jQuery Selectors
Use our jQuery Selector Tester to demonstrate the different selectors.

Selector
Example
Selects

*
$("*")
All elements

#id
$("#lastname")
The element with id="lastname"

.class
$(".intro")
All elements with class="intro"

.class,.class
$(".intro,.demo")
All elements with the class "intro" or "demo"

element
$("p")
All <p> elements

el1,el2,el3
$("h1,div,p")
All <h1>, <div> and <p> elements

:first
$("p:first")
The first <p> element

:last
$("p:last")
The last <p> element

:even
$("tr:even")
All even <tr> elements

:odd
$("tr:odd")
All odd <tr> elements

:first-child
$("p:first-child")
All <p> elements that are the first child of their parent

:first-of-type
$("p:first-of-type")
All <p> elements that are the first <p> element of their parent

:last-child
$("p:last-child")
All <p> elements that are the last child of their parent

:last-of-type
$("p:last-of-type")
All <p> elements that are the last <p> element of their parent

:nth-child(n)
$("p:nth-child(2)")
All <p> elements that are the 2nd child of their parent

:nth-last-child(n)
$("p:nth-last-child(2)")
All <p> elements that are the 2nd child of their parent, counting from the
last child

:nth-of-type(n)
$("p:nth-of-type(2)")
All <p> elements that are the 2nd <p> element of their parent

:nth-last-of-type(n)
$("p:nth-last-of-type(2)")
All <p> elements that are the 2nd <p> element of their parent, counting from the
last child

:only-child
$("p:only-child")
All <p> elements that are the only child of their parent

:only-of-type
$("p:only-of-type")
All <p> elements that are the only child, of its type, of their parent

parent > child
$("div > p")
All <p> elements that are a direct child of a <div> element

parent descendant
$("div p")
All <p> elements that are descendants of a <div> element

element + next
$("div + p")
The <p> element that are next to each <div> elements

element ~ siblings
$("div ~ p")
All <p> elements that appear after the <div> element

:eq(index)
$("ul li:eq(3)")
The fourth element in a list (index starts at 0)

:gt(no)
$("ul li:gt(3)")
List elements with an index greater than 3

:lt(no)
$("ul li:lt(3)")
List elements with an index less than 3

:not(selector)
$("input:not(:empty)")
All input elements that are not empty

:header
$(":header")
All header elements <h1>, <h2> ...

:animated
$(":animated")
All animated elements

:focus
$(":focus")
The element that currently has focus

:contains(text)
$(":contains('Hello')")
All elements which contains the text "Hello"

:has(selector)
$("div:has(p)")
All <div> elements that have a <p> element

:empty
$(":empty")
All elements that are empty

:parent
$(":parent")
All elements that are a parent of another element

:hidden
$("p:hidden")
All hidden <p> elements

:visible
$("table:visible")
All visible tables

:root
$(":root")
The document's root element

:lang(language)
$("p:lang(de)")
All <p> elements with a lang attribute value starting with "de"

[attribute]
$("[href]")
All elements with a href attribute

[attribute=value]
$("[href='default.htm']")
All elements with a href attribute value equal to "default.htm"

[attribute!=value]
$("[href!='default.htm']")
All elements with a href attribute value not equal to "default.htm"

[attribute$=value]
$("[href$='.jpg']")
All elements with a href attribute value ending with ".jpg"

[attribute|=value]
$("[title|='Tomorrow']")
All elements with a title attribute value equal to 'Tomorrow', or starting
with 'Tomorrow' followed by a hyphen

[attribute^=value]
$("[title^='Tom']")
All elements with a title attribute value starting with "Tom"

[attribute~=value]
$("[title~='hello']")
All elements with a title attribute value containing the specific word "hello"

[attribute*=value]
$("[title*='hello']")
All elements with a title attribute value containing the word "hello"

:input
$(":input")
All input elements

:text
$(":text")
All input elements with type="text"

:password
$(":password")
All input elements with type="password"

:radio
$(":radio")
All input elements with type="radio"

:checkbox
$(":checkbox")
All input elements with type="checkbox"

:submit
$(":submit")
All input elements with type="submit"

:reset
$(":reset")
All input elements with type="reset"

:button
$(":button")
All input elements with type="button"

:image
$(":image")
All input elements with type="image"

:file
$(":file")
All input elements with type="file"

:enabled
$(":enabled")
All enabled input elements

:disabled
$(":disabled")
All disabled input elements

:selected
$(":selected")
All selected input elements

:checked
$(":checked")
All checked input elements

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