| Element | $('div') | Selects all <div> elements |
| :first | $('div:first') | Selects first <div> element in a DOM hierarchy. |
| :last | $('div:last') | Selects last <div> element in a DOM hierarchy. |
| Multiple elements | $('p, div, code') | Selects <p>,<div> and <code> elements |
| parent descendant | $('div p') | Selects all <p> elements which is descendant of <div> |
| parent child | $('div > p') | Selects <p> element which is child of <div> |
| * | $(*) | Selects all elements |
| #Id | $("#myDiv") | Selects element whose id is myDiv |
| element#id | $("div#myDiv") | Selects <div> element whose Id is myDiv |
| Multiple Ids | $("#myDiv1, #myDiv2") | Selects multiple elements whose id is myDiv1 or myDiv2. |
| .class | $(".myCSSClass") | Selects all the elements with className=myCSSClass. |
| .class .class | $(".myCSSClass1, .myCSSClass2 ") | Finds all elements whose class attribute is set to myCSSClass1 or myCSSClass2 |
| element.class | $("div.myCSSClass") | Finds all <div> elements with className=myCSSClass |
| :first-child | $("p:first-child") | Selects all <p> elements which is the first child of its parent element. (parent element can be anything) |
| :last-child | $("p:last-child") | Selects all <p> elements which is the last child of its parent element. (parent element can be anything) |
| :nth-child(n) | $("p:nth-child(5)") | Selects all <p> elements which is the 5th child of its parent element. (parent element can be anything) |
| :nth-last-child(n) | $("p:nth-last-child(2)") | Selects all <p> elements which is the 2nd last child of its parent element. (parent element can be anything) |
| :only-child | $("p:only-child") | Selects all <p> elements which is the only child of its parent element. (parent element can be anything) |
| [attribute] | $('[class]') | Selects all the elements with the class attribute(whatever the value). |
| [element[attribute] | $("div[class]") | Selects all the <div> elements that have a class attribute(whatever the value). |
| element[attribute = value] | $("div[className='myCls']") | Selects all the <div> elements whose class attributes are equal to myCls. |
| element[attribute |= value] | $("div[class|= 'myCls']") | Selects all the <div> elements whose class attributes are either equal to myCls or starting with myCls string followed by a hyphen (-). |
| element[attribute *= "value"] | $("div[class *= 'myCls']") | Selects <div> elements whose class attributes contains myCls. |
| element[attribute ~= "value"] | $("div[class ~= 'myCls']") | Selects div elements whose class attributes contains myCls, delimited by spaces. |
| element[attribute $= "value"] | $("div[class $= 'myCls']") | Selects <div> elements whose class attribute value ends with myCls. The comparison is case sensitive. |
| element[attribute != "value"] | $("div[class != 'myCls']") | Selects <div> elements which do not have class attribute or value does not equal to myCls. |
| element[attribute ^= "value"] | $("div[class ^= 'myCls']") | Selects <div> elements whose class attribute value starts with myCls. |
| :contains("value") | $("div:contains('tutorialsteacher')" | Selects all <div> elements that contains the text 'tutorialsteacher' |
| :input | $(":input") | Selects all input elements. |
| :button | $(":button") | Selects all input elements where type="button". |
| :radio | $(":radio") | Selects all input types where type="radio" |
| :text | $(":text") | Selects all input elements where type="text" . |
| ":checkbox" | $(":checkbox") | Selects all checkbox elements. |
| :submit | $(":submit") | Selects all input elements where type="submit". |
| :password | $(":password") | Selects all input elements where type="password". |
| :reset | $(":reset") | Selects all input elements where type="reset". |
| :image | $(':image') | Selects all input elements where type="image". |
| :file | $(':file') | Selects all input elements where type="file". |
| :enabled | $(':enabled') | Selects all enabled input elements. |
| :disabled | $(':disabled') | Selects all disabled input elements. |
| :selected | $(':selected') | Selects all selected input elements. |
| :checked | $(':checked') | Selects all checked input elements. |
| :hidden | $(':hidden') | Selects all hidden elements. |
| :visible | $(':visible') | Selects all visible elements. |
| :odd | $('tr:odd') | Selects all odd rows. (1,3,5,7..) |
| :even | $('tr:even') | Selects all even rows.(0,2,4,6..) |
