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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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