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Prefix match selector.

Shorthand version $('[attr^="value"]')

Description

The [attr^="value"] selector, selects all elements that have the specified attribute name with a starting value matching the specified string.

• The string entered for "value" is case sensitive.

Syntax

Parameters

Return

N/A.

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Selects all elements that have the specified attribute name with a starting value matching the specified string.

The following example will select 'a' elements within 'h4' elements with a 'href' attribute that starts with 'c' and place a red border around those links. For our example this is all the indented links within the left sidebar that start with the letter 'c'.

$(function(){
  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
    $('h4 a[href^="c"]').css('border', '1px solid red');
  });
}); 

The following example will select 'option' elements within the form that have a value attribute Starting with 's' and 'S' (case senstive) and change their background colors to orange and yellow respectively.

Look at the 'Select a pie shape:' options before and after pressing the buttons below.

When we press the left button any option value starting with 's' will have its background changed to orange.

When we press the right button any option value starting with 'S' will have its background changed to yellow.

$(function(){
  $('#btn2').on('click', function() {
    $('option[value^="s"]').css('backgroundColor', 'orange');
  });
  $('#btn3').on('click', function() {
    $('option[value^="S"]').css('backgroundColor', 'yellow');
  });
}); 

Related Tutorials

jQuery Basic Tutorials - Lesson 3 - CSS Selectors

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