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:contains() Selector

Categories: Content Filter

jQuery(':contains(text)')

Description: Select all elements that contain the specified text.

  • jQuery(':contains(text)')

    version added: 1.0

    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 bare words or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.

  • Finds all divs containing "John" and underlines them.

    HTML:
    
    <div>John Resig</div>
    
    <div>George Martin</div>
    <div>Malcom John Sinclair</div>
    <div>J. Ohn</div>
          
        
    Code:
    
    $("div:contains('John')").css("text-decoration", "underline");