Attribute Starts With Selector [name^="value"]

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Attribute Starts With Selector [name^="value"]

Categories: Selectors > Attribute

attributeStartsWith selector

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string.

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( "[attribute^='value']" )

    attribute: An attribute name.

    value: An attribute value. Can be either an unquoted single word or a quoted 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.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <input name="newsletter" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <input name="milkman" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <input name="newsboy" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        $('input[name^="news"]').val('news here!');
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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