jQuery Contains text selector
Description and Syntax
$(':contains(text)')
select all elements that contain the specified text. The text must have matching case to be selected.
Examples
$('p:contains(nothing special)')selects all<p>elements that contain the text nothing special$('li:contains(second)')selects all<li>elements that contain the text second
The following code finds a table cell with letter F.
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!--from ww w .j a va 2 s .co m-->
$("tr:contains('F')").css("background-color", "#bbbbff");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>First</td></tr>
<tr><td>Middle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Last</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Remove by content
The following code removes elements which contains Hello.
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!-- ww w .j a va 2s . c o m-->
$("p").remove(":contains('Hello')");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<p class="hello">Hello</p>
</body>
</html>
Mark under line by content
The following code marks div which contains J.
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!-- w w w. j av a 2s .com-->
$("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>