Element Selector ("element”)

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Element Selector (“element”)

Categories: Selectors > Basic

element selector

Description: Selects all elements with the given tag name.

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( "element" )

    element: An element to search for. Refers to the tagName of DOM nodes.

JavaScript's getElementsByTagName() function is called to return the appropriate elements when this expression is used.

Example:

Finds every DIV element.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        div,span {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          width: 60px;
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          height: 60px;
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          float:left;
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          padding: 10px;
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          margin: 10px;
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          background-color: #EEEEEE;
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

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

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>DIV1</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>DIV2</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>SPAN</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        $("div").css("border","9px solid red");
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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