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