jQuery Selectors

jQuery Selectors

Use our excellent jQuery Selector Tester to experiment with the different 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