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1. how to only select links that have text and no picture links    stackoverflow.com

I'm new to jQuery. This would be no problem for me using xpath expressions, but how can i do this the 'jQuery' way? Given following example:

<stuff>
<a href="target.html">ASDF</a>
<a href="target.html"><img src="asdf.png"/></a>
</stuff>

2. Why doesn't jQuery $(this).text() work inside a link?    stackoverflow.com

Any ideas why this doesn't work?

<a href="javascript:alert($(this).text())">Alert This Text Here</a>

3. Replace a link with it's text with jQuery    stackoverflow.com

<a href="#">TEST</a>

4. jQuery: substr method on link text?    stackoverflow.com

hey guys, why is this not working?

$("a.newslinks").each(function(){
        if ($(this).text().length > 38) {
            $(this).text().substr(35); //does ...

5. AJAX Calls with Text Links    stackoverflow.com

I want to make POST Ajax calls when users click on text links. One way to do it is to create many forms and make the submit button a text link. Then ...

6. getting rel attr of link and using as text recurring    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to get the rel attr from a set of links in a slider, to then use as the text for the control. I've got it working except it ...

7. Create a link from text    stackoverflow.com

I have code

<div class="row1">
<em>My text</em>
</div>

<div class="row1">
<em><a href="/mylink">My text</a></em>
</div>

8. list of links if the hrefs are the same replace the text jQuery    stackoverflow.com

I have a list of links, some of which might be duplicate href's but the link text itself has been edited slightly. At the minute, to get rid of the duplicates ...

9. How can I make text into links using jQuery?    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to make a reply system for the comments on my blog. When someone clicks on "Reply" it will take the comment id and put two brackets infront of it ...

10. How to find link in a text using jquery?    stackoverflow.com

Lets say I have a text such as this "This is a long text. It contains 150 characters. You can find more about this text on this link http://www.somewebsite.com/RDFCCSDVDS". So in ...

11. Set link href based on link text with jQuery    stackoverflow.com

I have:

<a class='special' href='#'>something</a>
<a class='special' href='#'>anything</a>

<a class='special' href='something'>something</a>
<a class='special' href='anything'>anything</a>

$('a.special').attr('href', $(this).text());

12. How to make a link out of text on the fly? -- JQuery beginner    stackoverflow.com

I have a bunch of these on a page:

<div class="item" id="555">
  <div class="wrapper>
    <p>Make Link One</p>
  </div>
  <p class="action">Make Link Two</p>
</div>

13. query all Href that conains text and fix link    forum.jquery.com

14. Sensing link text and adding a specific class elsewhere if it finds it    forum.jquery.com

15. rotating text links    forum.jquery.com

16. cover http:// in text by link    forum.jquery.com

17. [jQuery] Cycle - Text with links    forum.jquery.com

I am using cycle to display ads and messages on my website. Some ofthe "slides" contain text with imbedded URL links and others are justlinked images.However, when you click on the link it just continues to the nextslide. Is there a way to have the Cycle script allow embedded linksinstead of just forwarding to the next slide?Here's an example of my ...