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Jquery Element Selector

The element selector selects all elements with a given tag name by calling the getElementsByTagName() function. It finds every element that matches the specified tag name. For example, $("div") selects all <div> elements on the page and applies a red border to demonstrate the element selector.

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Jquery Element Selector

The element selector selects all elements with a given tag name by calling the getElementsByTagName() function. It finds every element that matches the specified tag name. For example, $("div") selects all <div> elements on the page and applies a red border to demonstrate the element selector.

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Element Selector (element)

Categories: Selectors > Basic

element selector
Description: Selects all elements with the given tag name.

version added: 1.0jQuery( "element" )

element: An element to search for. Refers to the tagName of DOM nodes.


JavaScript's getElementsByTagName() function is called to return the appropriate elements
when this expression is used.

Example:
Finds every DIV element.

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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>element demo</title>
<style>
div, span {
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
float: left;
padding: 10px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #eee;
}
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div>DIV1</div>
<div>DIV2</div>
<span>SPAN</span>
<script>

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Demo:

$( "div" ).css( "border", "9px solid red" );


</script>
</body>
</html>

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