S.N. Selector & Description
1 $('*')
This selector selects all elements in the document.
2 $("p > *")
This selector selects all elements that are children of a paragraph element.
3 $("#specialID")
This selector function gets the element with id="specialID".
4 $(".specialClass")
This selector gets all the elements that have the class of specialClass.
5 $("li:not(.myclass)")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that do not have class="myclass".
6 $("a#specialID.specialClass")
This selector matches links with an id of specialID and a class of specialClass.
7 $("p a.specialClass")
This selector matches links with a class of specialClass declared within <p> elements.
8 $("ul li:first")
This selector gets only the first <li> element of the <ul>.
9 $("#container p")
Selects all elements matched by <p> that are descendants of an element that
has an id of container.
10 $("li > ul")
Selects all elements matched by <ul> that are children of an element matched
by <li>
11 $("strong + em")
Selects all elements matched by <em> that immediately follow a sibling element
matched by <strong>.
12 $("p ~ ul")
Selects all elements matched by <ul> that follow a sibling element matched by
<p>.
13 $("code, em, strong")
Selects all elements matched by <code> or <em> or <strong>.
14 $("p strong, .myclass")
Selects all elements matched by <strong> that are descendants of an element
matched by <p> as well as all elements that have a class of myclass.
15 $(":empty")
Selects all elements that have no children.
16 $("p:empty")
Selects all elements matched by <p> that have no children.
17 $("div[p]")
Selects all elements matched by <div> that contain an element matched by <p>.
18 $("p[.myclass]")
Selects all elements matched by <p> that contain an element with a class ofmyclass.
19 $("a[@rel]")
Selects all elements matched by <a> that have a rel attribute.
20 $("input[@name=myname]")
Selects all elements matched by <input> that have a name value exactly equal
tomyname.
21 $("input[@name^=myname]")
Selects all elements matched by <input> that have a name value beginning
withmyname.
22 $("a[@rel$=self]")
Selects all elements matched by <a> that have rel attribute value ending with
self.
23 $("a[@href*=domain.com]")
Selects all elements matched by <a> that have a href value containing
domain.com.
24 $("li:even")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that have an even index value.
25 $("tr:odd")
Selects all elements matched by <tr> that have an odd index value.
26 $("li:first")
Selects the first <li> element.
27 $("li:last")
Selects the last <li> element.
28 $("li:visible")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that are visible.
29 $("li:hidden")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that are hidden.
30 $(":radio")
Selects all radio buttons in the form.
31 $(":checked")
Selects all checked boxes in the form.
32 $(":input")
Selects only form elements (input, select, textarea, button).
33 $(":text")
Selects only text elements (input[type=text]).
34 $("li:eq(2)")
Selects the third <li> element.
35 $("li:eq(4)")
Selects the fifth <li> element.
36 $("li:lt(2)")
Selects all elements matched by <li> element before the third one; in other
words, the first two <li> elements.
37 $("p:lt(3)")
Selects all elements matched by <p> elements before the fourth one; in other
words the first three <p> elements.
38 $("li:gt(1)")
Selects all elements matched by <li> after the second one.
39 $("p:gt(2)")
Selects all elements matched by <p> after the third one.
40 $("div/p")
Selects all elements matched by <p> that are children of an element matched by
<div>.
41 $("div//code")
Selects all elements matched by <code>that are descendants of an element
matched by <div>.
42 $("//p//a")
Selects all elements matched by <a> that are descendants of an element
matched by <p>
43 $("li:first-child")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that are the first child of their parent.
44 $("li:last-child")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that are the last child of their parent.
45 $(":parent")
Selects all elements that are the parent of another element, including text.
46 $("li:contains(second)")
Selects all elements matched by <li> that contain the text second.