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Element selector.

Shorthand version $('element')

Description

The ('element') selector, selects all elements that have the specified tag name.

  • When used this method calls the JavaScript getElementsByTagName() function 'under the hood' to return the appropriate elements.

Syntax

Signature Description
jQuery('element')Element match

Parameters

Parameter Description
element An element to search for (this refers to the tagName of DOM nodes).

Return

N/A.

Element ('element') Examples Selectors  <<  Top

Selects all elements that have the specified tag name.

The following example will select all 'i' elements and change the text colour of these elements to green.



$(function(){
  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
    $('i').css('color', 'green');
  });
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

The following example will select all 'code' elements and change the background colour of these elements to yellow.



$(function(){
  $('#btn2').on('click', function() {
    $('code').css('backgroundColor', 'yellow');
  });
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

The following example will select all 'form' elements and change background text colour of these elements to orange.



$(function(){
  $('#btn3').on('click', function() {
    $('form').css('backgroundColor', 'orange');
  });
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

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