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Fragment identifier element selector.

Shorthand version $(':target')

Description

The :target selector will selects the target element indicated by the fragment identifier of the document URI.

Syntax

Signature Description
jQuery(':target')Fragment identifier match

Parameters

None.

Return

N/A.

:target Example Selectors  <<  Top

Selects the target element indicated by the fragment identifier of the document URI.

The following example will turn the background colour of the above heading to yellow, but only if you click the link to this part of the page from the Syntax table above. This is because we need to press the link to this section to get it to appear in the URL and hence to be able to modify the ID it pertains to.



$(function(){

  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
  	alert('Setting element relating to fragment identifier of the document URI to yellow');
  	$( "h3:target" ).css('backgroundColor', 'yellow'); 
  });
  
}); 


Press the button below to action the above code:

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