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jQuery Selectors

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jQuery selectors are used to "find" or "select" HTML elements, so you can apply actions to them — like hiding, showing, changing text, animating, and more.


jQuery selectors use the same syntax as CSS selectors, so if you know CSS, this will feel familiar!


All selectors in jQuery start with the dollar sign and parentheses: $().

Basic jQuery Selectors


Selector Type

Description

Example

Element

Selects all <p> elements

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ID

Selects the element with ID myId

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Class

Selects all elements with class myClass

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Universal

Selects all elements

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Group

Selects all<h1> and <p> elements

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Advanced Selectors

Selector

Description

Example

$("p:first")

Selects the first<p> element

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$("p:last")

Selects the last<p> element

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$("li:even")

Selects even-numbered<li> elements

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$("li:odd")

Selects odd-numbered<li> elements

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$("ul li:first")

Selects the first <li> element of the first <ul>

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$("ul li:first-child")

Selects the first <li> element of every <ul>

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$("[href]")

Selects elements with an href attribute

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$("[href='#']")

Selects elements with href="#"

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$("[href^='https']")

hrefstarts withhttps

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$("[href$='.com']")

hrefends with.com

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