Attribute Starts With Selector [name^="value"]
attributeStartsWith 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 beginning exactly with a given string.
This selector can be useful for identifying elements in pages produced by server-side frameworks that produce HTML with systematic element IDs. However it will be slower than using a class selector so leverage classes, if you can, to group like elements.
Example:
Finds all inputs with an attribute name that starts with 'news' and puts text in them.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<input name="newsletter" />
<input name="milkman" />
<input name="newsboy" />
<script>$('input[name^="news"]').val('news here!');</script>
</body>
</html>