Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]
attributeContainsPrefix selector
version added: 1.0jQuery('[attribute|="value"]')
-
- attribute
- An attribute name.
- value
- An attribute value. Quotes are mandatory.
Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).
This selector was introduced into the CSS specification to handle language attributes.
Example:
Finds all links with an hreflang attribute that is english.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
a { display: inline-block; }
</style>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="example.html" hreflang="en">Some text</a>
<a href="example.html" hreflang="en-UK">Some other text</a>
<a href="example.html" hreflang="english">will not be outlined</a>
<script>
$('a[hreflang|="en"]').css('border','3px dotted green');
</script>
</body>
</html>