Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]

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Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]

Categories: Selectors > Attribute

attributeContainsPrefix selector

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).

  • 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 was introduced into the CSS specification to handle language attributes.

Example:

Finds all links with an hreflang attribute that is english.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      a { display: inline-block; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

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

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <a href="example.html" hreflang="en">Some text</a> 
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <a href="example.html" hreflang="en-UK">Some other text</a>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <a href="example.html" hreflang="english">will not be outlined</a>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $('a[hreflang|="en"]').css('border','3px dotted green');
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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