jQuery Selectors

Selector

Example

Selects

*

$("*")

All elements

#id

$("#lastname")

The element with id=lastname

.class

$(".intro")

All elements with class="intro"

element

$("p")

All p elements

.class.class

$(".intro.demo")

All elements with the classes "intro" and "demo"

: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

: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

:contains(text)

$(":contains('W3Schools')")

All elements which contains the text

:empty

$(":empty")

All elements with no child (elements) nodes

:hidden

$("p:hidden")

All hidden p elements

:visible

$("table:visible")

All visible tables

s1,s2,s3

$("th,td,.intro")

All elements with matching selectors

[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"

: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