Select element by containing text

Description

The following code shows how to select element by containing text.

Example


<html>
<head>
<script
  src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {<!--from  w  w  w .  java  2s.  c o  m-->
    $("div:contains('J')").css("text-decoration", "underline");
  });
</script>
<style>
div {
  background: yellow;
  width: 80px;
  height: 80px;
  margin: 5px;
  float: left;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
  <div>Java</div>
  <div>C#</div>
  <div>JavaScript</div>
  <div>CSS</div>
  <div>Ja va2s.com</div>
  <div>ja va2s.com</div>
  <div>Java2s.com</div>
</body>
</html>

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