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1. jQuery equivalent selectors    stackoverflow.com

Are the following exactly equivalent? Which idiom do you use and why?

$('#form1 .edit-field :input')
$('#form1 .edit-field').find(':input')
$('.edit-field :input', '#form1')
$(':input', '#form1 .edit-field')

2. Are jQuery's :first and :eq(0) selectors functionally equivalent?    stackoverflow.com

I'm not sure whether to use :first or :eq(0) in a selector. I'm pretty sure that they'll always return the same object, but is one speedier than ...

3. Find if id of a link equals id of parent container    stackoverflow.com

Hi guys needing a bit of help. I am creating a one page personal site. Each section has a menu in it to jump to another section, however i want to have a ...

4. jQuery select last word after = (equal symbol)    stackoverflow.com

I'm using $(this).attr("href"); to select the href attribute value of the clicked element, but I need to select only the part after the last '=' symbol. Example: href="index.php?con=123&id=123&sel=heyhey" I only need the last part ...

5. jQuery selector equivalent to ~ but reverse    stackoverflow.com

This does not seem to be in the docs of jQuery API, so it probably does not exist, but just wanted to get confirmation from fellow experts. Is there an equivalent to ...

6. jQuery if select option equals value remove value on second select    stackoverflow.com

how could i do: if in #myselect1 volvo is selected then remove 1st(740) and 2nd(940) option in #myselectVolvo

<select id="myselect1">
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>

<select ...

7. Jquery selector, contains to equals    stackoverflow.com

I have the folowing selector

    var likeComperssionOption = $('select[id*=ComparisionType]').eq(0)
                    ...