Empty (:empty)

In this chapter you will learn:

  1. Description and Syntax for empty selector
  2. Examples for empty selector

Description and Syntax

$(':empty')

selects all elements that have no children (including text nodes). The child elements include text nodes.

Examples

SelectorSelects
$(':empty')all elements in the document that have no children
$('p:empty')all <p> elements that have no children

The following code selects the empty table cells.

<html><!--  j a v a2s.co m-->
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
         $("td:empty").text("Was empty").css('background', 'rgb(255,220,200)');
    });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <table>
          <tr><td>data</td><td></td></tr>
          <tr><td>data</td><td></td></tr>
          <tr><td>data</td><td></td></tr>
      </table>
  </body>
</html>

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  1. What are the syntax for attribute selectors
  2. List of attribute selectors
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