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Click a jQuery 3.5 Selectors signature in the table below to see in-depth information on it.
| Alphabetically | Description |
|---|---|
| AttributeTop | |
Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [attr|="value"](Subcode Match) | Select all elements with the specified attribute name and a value equal to the specified string or prefixed with that string followed by a hyphen (-). |
Attribute Contains Selector [attr*="value"](Substring Match) | Selects all elements with the specified attribute name and a value containing the specified string. |
Attribute Contains Word Selector [attr~="value"](Word Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified attribute name with a value containing the specified word, delimited by spaces. |
Attribute Ends With Selector [attr$="value"](Suffix Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified attribute name with an ending value matching the specified string. The comparison is case sensitive. |
Attribute Equals Selector [attr="value"](Exact Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified attribute name with a value exactly equal to the specified value. |
Attribute Not Equal Selector [attr!="value"](Attribute Value Non-Match) | Selects all elements that either don't have the specified attribute name, or do have the specified attribute but not with a value matching the specified string. |
Attribute Starts With Selector [attr^="value"](Prefix Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified attribute name with a starting value matching the specified string. |
Has Attribute Selector [attr](Attribute Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified attribute name. |
Multiple Attribute Selector[attr="value"][attrn="valuen"](Multiple Attribute Value Match) | Selects all elements that match all of the specified attribute and value filters |
| BasicTop | |
All Selector ("*")(Universal Selector) | Universal selector to select all elements. |
Class Selector (".class")(Class Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified class. |
Element Selector ("element")(Element Match) | Selects all elements that have the specified tag name. |
ID Selector ("#id")(ID Match) | Selects a single element with the specified id attribute value. |
Multiple Selector("selector1, selector2, selectorn")(Multiple Selector Match) | Selects all elements that match any of the specified selectors. |
| Basic FilterTop | |
:animated Selector(Animating Match) | Selects all elements that are animating when the selector is run. |
:eq() Selector(Index Equal Match) | Selects the element at index n within the matched set. |
:even Selector(Even Numbered Index Match) | Selects even elements within the matched set. |
:first Selector(First Element Match) | Selects first matched element. |
:gt() Selector(Greater Than Index Match) | Select all elements with an index greater than the specified index within the matched set. |
:header Selector(Header Element Match) | Selects all header elements. |
:lang Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that match the specified language code. |
:last Selector(Last Element Match) | Selects last matched element. |
:lt() Selector(Less Than Index Match) | Select all elements with an index less than the specified index within the matched set. |
:not() Selector(Negation Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that do not match the given selector(s). |
:odd Selector(Odd Numbered Index Match) | Selects odd elements within the matched set. |
:root Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects the root element of the document. |
:target Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects the target element indicated by the fragment identifier of the document URI. |
| Child FilterTop | |
:first-child Selector(First Child Match) | Selects all first child elements of their parent. |
:first-of-type Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the first among siblings of the same element name. |
:last-child Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all last child elements of their parent. |
:last-of-type Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the last among siblings of the same element name. |
:nth-child() Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the nth-child of the specified parent. |
:nth-last-child() Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the nth-child of the specified parent, counting from the last element to the first. |
:nth-last-of-type Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the last among siblings of the same element name, counting from the last element to the first. |
:nth-of-type Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the nth among siblings of the same element name. |
:only-child Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that are the only child of the specified parent. |
:only-of-type Selector(Structural Pseudo-class Match) | Selects all elements that have no siblings of the same element name. |
| Content FilterTop | |
:contains() Selector(Text Match) | Select all elements containing the specified text. |
:empty Selector(Childless Match) | Select all childless elements. Text nodes count as children. |
:has() Selector(Has Element Match) | Selects elements containing at least one element matching the specified selector. |
:parent Selector(Has Children Match) | Select all elements that are the parent of another element, including text nodes. |
| FormTop | |
:button Selector(Form Button pseudo-class match) | Selects all button and type button elements. |
:checkbox Selector(Form Checkbox pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type checkbox. |
:checked Selector(UI element states pseudo-class Match) | Selects all checked elements. |
:disabled Selector(UI element states pseudo-class Match) | Selects all disabled elements. |
:enabled Selector(UI element states pseudo-class Match) | Selects all enabled elements. |
:file Selector(Form File pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type file. |
:focus Selector(Form Focus pseudo-class match) | Selects currently focused element. |
:image Selector(Form Image pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type image. |
:input Selector(Form Input pseudo-class match) | Selects all button, input, select and textarea elements. |
:password Selector(Form Password pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type password. |
:radio Selector(Form Radio pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type radio. |
:reset Selector(Form Reset pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type reset. |
:selected Selector(Form Selected pseudo-class match) | Selects all selected elements. |
:submit Selector(Form Submit pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type submit. |
:text Selector(Form Text pseudo-class match) | Selects all elements of type text. |
| HierarchyTop | |
Child Selector ("parent > child")(Child Match) | Selects all the specified direct child elements of the specified parent element. |
Descendant Selector ("ancestor descendant")(Descendant Match) | Selects all specified descendant elements of the specified ancestor element. |
Next Adjacent Selector ("previous + next")(Adjacent Sibling Match) | Selects all specifed next sibling elements that are directly preceded by the specified previous sibling element. |
Next Siblings Selector ("previous ~ siblings")(General Sibling Match) | Selects all specified sibling elements that follow after the specified previous element and have the same parent. |
| Visibility FilterTop | |
:hidden Selector(Hidden Element Match) | Selects all hidden elements. |
:visible Selector(Visible Element Match) | Selects all visible elements. |