Attribute Contains Word Selector [name~="value"]

jQuery

Attribute Contains Word Selector [name~="value"]


attributeContainsWord selector

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.

  • 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 matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.

Example:

Finds all inputs with a name attribute that contains the word 'man' and sets the value with some text.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<input name="man-news" />
<input name="milk man" />
<input name="letterman2" />
<input name="newmilk" />
<script> $('input[name~="man"]').val('mr. man is in it!'); </script>
</body>
</html>