:contains() Selector

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:contains() Selector

Categories: Selectors > Content Filter

contains selector

Description: Select all elements that contain the specified text.

  • version added: 1.1.4jQuery( ":contains(text)" )

    text: A string of text to look for. It's case sensitive.

The matching text can appear directly within the selected element, in any of that element's descendants, or a combination thereof. As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of :contains() can be written as a bare word or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.

Example:

Finds all divs containing "John" and underlines them.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

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

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <div>John Resig</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <div>George Martin</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <div>Malcom John Sinclair</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <div>J. Ohn</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $("div:contains('John')").css("text-decoration", "underline");</script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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