Selectors

$("*")
  • Selects all elements Try it
$(this)
  • Selects the current HTML element Try it
$("p.intro")
  • Selects all <p> elements with class=”intro” Try it
$("p:first")
  • Selects the first <p> element Try it
$("ul li:first")
  • Selects the first <li> element of the first <ul> Try it
$("ul li:first-child")
  • Selects the first <li> element of every <ul> Try it
$("[href]")
  • Selects all elements with an href attribute Try it
$("a[target='_blank']")
  • Selects all <a> elements with a target attribute value equal to “_blank” Try it
$("a[target!='_blank']")
  • Selects all <a> elements with a target attribute value NOT equal to “_blank” Try it
$(":button")
  • Selects all <button> elements and <input> elements of type=”button” Try it
$("tr:even")
  • Selects all even <tr> elements Try it
$("tr:odd")
  • Selects all odd <tr> elements Try it