jQuery Selectors

Jquery Selectors are used to specify which element from the HTML document you would like to use. If you are familuar with CSS 1-3 you will noticed the simularity.

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• All Selector ("*")
  Select all elements

• Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).
• Contains Selector [name*="value"]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing the a given substring.
• Contains Word Selector [name~="value"]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces
• Ends with Selector [name$="value"]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value ending exactly with a given string. The comparison is case sensitive.
• Equals Selector [name="value"]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value exactly equal to a certain value.
• Not Equal Selector [name!="value="]
  Select elements that either don't have the specified attribute, or do have the specified attribute but not with a certain value
• Starts with Selector [name^="value"]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string

• :animated Selector
  Select all elements that are in the progress of an animation at the time the selector is run
• :button Selector
  Selects all button elements and elements of type button.
• :checkbox Selector
  Selects all elements of type checkbox
• :checked Selector
  Matches all elements that are checked
• Child Selector ("parent > child")
  Selects all direct child elements specified by "child" of elements specified by "parent"
• Class Selector (".class")
  Selects all elements with the given class
• :contains() Selector
  Select all elements that contain the specified text
• Descendant Selector ("ancestor descendant")
  Selects all elements that are descendants of a given ancestor
• :disabled Selector
  Selects all elements that are disabled
• Element Selector ("element")
  Select all elements with the given tag name
• :empty Selector
  Select all elements that have no children (including text nodes)
• :enabled Selector
  Selects all elements that are enabled
• :eq() Selector
  Select the element at index n within the matched set
• :even/:odd Selector
  Selects even elements, zero-indexed and odd
• :file Selector
  Select all elements of type file
• :first-child Selector
  Selects all elements that are the first child of their parent.
• :first Selecto
  Selects the first matched element.
• :focus selector
  Selects element if it is currently focused.
• :gt() Selector
  Select all elements at an index greater than index within the matched set.
• Has Attribute Selector [name]
  Selects elements that have the specified attribute, with any value.
• :has() Selector
  Selects elements which contain at least one element that matches the specified selector.
• :header Selector
  Selects all elements that are headers, like h1, h2, h3 and so on.
• :hidden Selector
  Selects all elements that are hidden.
• ID Selector (“#id”)
  Selects a single element with the given id attribute.
• :image Selector
  Selects all elements of type image.
• :input Selector
  Selects all input, textarea, select and button elements.
• :last-child Selector
  Selects all elements that are the last child of their parent.
• :last Selector
  Selects the last matched element.
• :lt() Selector
  Select all elements at an index less than index within the matched set.
• Multiple Attribute Selector [name="value"][name2="value2"]
  Matches elements that match all of the specified attribute filters.
• Multiple Selector (“selector1, selector2, selectorN”)
  Selects the combined results of all the specified selectors.
• Next Adjacent Selector (“prev + next”)
  Selects all next elements matching "next" that are immediately preceded by a sibling "prev".
• Next Siblings Selector (“prev ~ siblings”)
  Selects all sibling elements that follow after the "prev" element, have the same parent, and match the filtering "siblings" selector.
• :not() Selector
  Selects all elements that do not match the given selector.
• :nth-child() Selector
  Selects all elements that are the nth-child of their parent.
• :only-child Selector
  Selects all elements that are the only child of their parent.
• :parent Selector
  Select all elements that are the parent of another element, including text nodes.
• :password Selector
  Selects all elements of type password.
• :radio Selector
  Selects all elements of type radio.
• :reset Selector
  Selects all elements of type reset.
• :selected Selector
  Selects all elements that are selected.
• :submit Selector
  Selects all elements of type submit.
• :text Selector
  Selects all elements of type text.
• :visible Selector
  Selects all elements that are visible.

Reference Manual: Jquery, W3C