Questions tagged [jquery-selectors]
Selectors can be used in jQuery to match a set of elements in a document. Most CSS selectors are implemented, as well as a set of custom ones.
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How can I know which radio button is selected via jQuery?
I have two radio buttons and want to post the value of the selected one.
How can I get the value with jQuery?
I can get all of them like this:
$("form :radio")
How do I know which one is selected?
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Get selected text from a drop-down list (select box) using jQuery
How can I get the selected text (not the selected value) from a drop-down list in jQuery?
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How to get the children of the $(this) selector?
I have a layout similar to this:
<div id="..."><img src="..."></div>
and would like to use a jQuery selector to select the child img inside the div on click.
To get the div, I've ...
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How can I select an element with multiple classes in jQuery?
I want to select all the elements that have the two classes a and b.
<element class="a b">
So, only the elements that have both classes.
When I use $(".a, .b") it gives me the union, but I ...
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How can I get the ID of an element using jQuery?
<div id="test"></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
alert($('#test').id);
});
</script>
Why doesn't the above work, and how should I do this?
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How can I select an element by name with jQuery?
I have a table column I’m trying to expand and hide. jQuery seems to hide the <td> elements when I select it by class but not by the element’s name.
For example:
$(".bold").hide(); // ...
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jQuery get specific option tag text
Suppose I have a drop-down list like:
<select id='list'>
<option value='1'>Option A</option>
<option value='2'>Option B</option>
<option value='3'>...
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Set select option 'selected', by value
I have a select field with some options in it. Now I need to select one of those options with jQuery. But how can I do that when I only know the value of the option that must be selected?
I have the ...
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jQuery how to find an element based on a data-attribute value?
I've got the following scenario:
var el = 'li';
and there are 5 <li>'s on the page each with a data-slide=number attribute (number being 1,2,3,4,5 respectively).
I now need to find the ...
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Selecting and manipulating CSS pseudo-elements such as ::before and ::after using javascript (or jQuery)
Is there any way to select/manipulate CSS pseudo-elements such as ::before and ::after (and the old version with one semi-colon) using jQuery?
For example, my stylesheet has the following rule:
.span::...
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Get the value in an input text box
What are the ways to get and render an input value using jQuery?
Here is one:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#txt_name").keyup(function() {
alert($(this).val());
});
})
<...
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jQuery to loop through elements with the same class
I have a load of divs with the class testimonial and I want to use jquery to loop through them to check for each div if a specific condition is true. If it is true, it should perform an action.
Does ...
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Wildcards in jQuery selectors
I'm trying to use a wildcard to get the id of all the elements whose id begin with "jander". I tried $('#jander*'), $('#jander%') but it doesn't work..
I know I can use classes of the elements to ...
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jQuery selectors on custom data attributes using HTML5
I would like to know what selectors are available for these data attributes that come with HTML5.
Taking this piece of HTML as an example:
<ul data-group="Companies">
<li data-company="...
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document.getElementById vs jQuery $()
Is this:
var contents = document.getElementById('contents');
The same as this:
var contents = $('#contents');
Given that jQuery is loaded?
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