Selectors

Selectors are the heart of jQuery-like interface. Most of CSS Level 3 syntax is implemented (in state same as in jQuery).

Table of Contents Example Table of Contents Basics Hierarchy Basic Filters Content Filters Visibility Filters Attribute Filters Child Filters Forms Form Filters

Example

Table of Contents

 * [#Basics Basics]
 * [#Hierarchy Hierarchy]
 * [#Basic_Filters Basic Filters]
 * [#Content_Filters Content Filters]
 * [#Visibility_Filters Visibility Filters]
 * [#Attribute_Filters Attribute Filters]
 * [#Child_Filters Child Filters]
 * [#Forms Forms]
 * [#Form_Filters Form Filters]

Basics

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/id #id]* Matches a single element with the given id attribute.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/element element]* Matches all elements with the given name.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/class .class]* Matches all elements with the given class.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/all *]* Matches all elements.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/multiple selector1, selector2, selectorN]* Matches the combined results of all the specified selectors.

Hierarchy

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/descendant ancestor descendant]* Matches all descendant elements specified by "descendant" of elements specified by "ancestor".
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/child parent > child]* Matches all child elements specified by "child" of elements specified by "parent".
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/next prev + next]* Matches all next elements specified by "next" that are next to elements specified by "prev".
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/siblings prev ~ siblings]* Matches all sibling elements after the "prev" element that match the filtering "siblings" selector.

Basic Filters

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/first :first]* Matches the first selected element.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/last :last]* Matches the last selected element.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/not :not(selector)]* Filters out all elements matching the given selector.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/even :even]* Matches even elements, zero-indexed.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/odd :odd]* Matches odd elements, zero-indexed.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/eq :eq(index)]* Matches a single element by its index.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/gt :gt(index)]* Matches all elements with an index above the given one.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/lt :lt(index)]* Matches all elements with an index below the given one.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/header :header]* Matches all elements that are headers, like h1, h2, h3 and so on.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/animated :animated]* Matches all elements that are currently being animated.

Content Filters

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/contains :contains(text)]* Matches elements which contain the given text.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/empty :empty]* Matches all elements that have no children (including text nodes).
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/has :has(selector)]* Matches elements which contain at least one element that matches the specified selector.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/parent :parent]* Matches all elements that are parents - they have child elements, including text.

Visibility Filters

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Attribute Filters

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeHas [attribute]]* Matches elements that have the specified attribute.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeEquals [attribute=value]]* Matches elements that have the specified attribute with a certain value.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeNotEqual [attribute!=value]]* Matches elements that don't have the specified attribute with a certain value.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeStartsWith [attribute^=value]]* Matches elements that have the specified attribute and it starts with a certain value.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeEndsWith [attribute$=value]]* Matches elements that have the specified attribute and it ends with a certain value.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeContains [attribute*=value]]* Matches elements that have the specified attribute and it contains a certain value.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/attributeMultiple [selector1][selector2][selectorN]]* Matches elements that have the specified attribute and it contains a certain value.

Child Filters

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/nthChild :nth-child(index/even/odd/equation)]* Matches all elements that are the nth-child of their parent or that are the parent's even or odd children.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/firstChild :first-child]* Matches all elements that are the first child of their parent.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/lastChild :last-child]* Matches all elements that are the last child of their parent.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/onlyChild :only-child]* Matches all elements that are the only child of their parent.

Forms

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/input :input]* Matches all input, textarea, select and button elements.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/text :text]* Matches all input elements of type text.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/password :password]* Matches all input elements of type password.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/radio :radio]* Matches all input elements of type radio.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/checkbox :checkbox]* Matches all input elements of type checkbox.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/submit :submit]* Matches all input elements of type submit.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/image :image]* Matches all input elements of type image.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/reset :reset]* Matches all input elements of type reset.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/button :button]* Matches all button elements and input elements of type button.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/file :file]* Matches all input elements of type file.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/hidden :hidden]* Matches all elements that are hidden, or input elements of type "hidden".

Form Filters

 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/enabled :enabled]* Matches all elements that are enabled.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/disabled :disabled]* Matches all elements that are disabled.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/checked :checked]* Matches all elements that are checked.
 * *[http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/selected :selected]* Matches all elements that are selected.

Read more at Selectors section on jQuery Documentation Site.