:text Selector

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:text Selector

Categories: Selectors > Form | Selectors > jQuery Extensions

text selector

Description: Selects all elements of type text.

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( ":text" )

$(':text') allows us to select all <input type="text"> elements. As with other pseudo-class selectors (those that begin with a ":") it is recommended to precede it with a tag name or some other selector; otherwise, the universal selector ("*") is implied. In other words, the bare $(':text') is equivalent to $('*:text'), so $('input:text') should be used instead.

Note: As of jQuery 1.5.2, :text selects input elements that have no specified type attribute (in which case type="text" is implied).

This difference in behavior between $(':text') and $('[type=text]'), can be seen below:

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                                    $('<input>').is('[type=text]'); // false
                                  

                                

                                

                                  

                                    $('<input>').is(':text'); // true

Additional Notes:

  • Because :text is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using :text cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM querySelectorAll() method. For better performance in modern browsers, use [type="text"] instead.

Example:

Finds all text inputs.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        textarea { height:25px; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

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

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <form>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="checkbox" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="file" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="hidden" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="image" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="password" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="radio" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="reset" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="submit" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input type="text" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <select><option>Option</option></select>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <textarea></textarea>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <button>Button</button>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </form>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      var input = $("form input:text").css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".")
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                              .css("color", "red");
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $("form").submit(function () { return false; }); // so it won't submit
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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