Currently animating (:animated)

In this chapter you will learn:

1. Syntax and Description for currently animating selector
2. Examples for currently animating selector

Syntax and Description

select all elements that are in the progress of an animation at the time the selector is run.

Examples

• $(':animated') selects all elements that are currently animating
• $('.myclass:animated') selects all elements with the class myclass that are currently animating

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What you will learn in the next chapter:

1. When to use $(this) selector
2. How to use this selector to get the next element

Selector syntax

ID

Tag Name

Class Name

Descendant $('E F')

Child (E > F)

General sibling (E ~ F)

Multiple expressions (E, F, G)

Universal (*)

Filtering by Relationships

Numbered child (:nth-child(n/even/odd/expr))

First child (:first-child)

Last child (:last-child)

Only child (:only-child)

Not (:not(E))

Empty (:empty)

Attribute selectors

Attribute existence([attr])

Attribute equals ([foo=bar])

Attribute not equal ([foo!=bar])

Attribute begins with ([foo^=bar])

Attribute ends with ([foo$=bar])

Attribute contains ([foo*=bar])

Attribute contains word ([foo~=bar])

Attribute contains prefix ([foo|=bar])

Attribute exists $("[attributeName*='value']")

Form selector

Form input selector (:input)

Form text fields (input:text)

Form Password field (input:password)

Form Radio button (input:radio)

Form Checkbox (input:checkbox)

Form Submit button (input:submit)

Form Image button (input:image)

Form Reset button (input:reset)

Form button (input:button)

Form File upload (input:file)

Form Enabled form element (input:enabled)

Form Disabled form element (input:disabled)

Form Checked box (input:checked)

Form Selected option (input:selected)

Element at index (:eq(n))

Greater than (:gt(n))

Less than (:lt(n))

First (:first)

Last (:last)

Even element (:even)

Odd element (:odd)

parent (:parent)

Contains text (:contains(text))

Contains element (:has(E))

Visible (:visible)

Hidden (:hidden)

Header element (:header)

Currently animating (:animated)

$(this) selector

Custom User Selectors

Escape characters