jQuery - Element Name Selector
Description
The element selector selects all the elements that have a tag name of T.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −
$('tagname')
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −
tagname − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
Returns
Like any other jQuery selector, this selector also returns an array filled with the found elements.
Example
$('p') − Selects all elements with a tag name of p in the document.
$('div') − Selects all elements with a tag name of div in the document.
Following example would select all the divisions and will apply yellow color to their background −
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The Selecter Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { /* This would select all the divisions */ $("div").css("background-color", "yellow"); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class = "big" id = "div1"> <p>This is first division of the DOM.</p> </div> <div class = "medium" id = "div2"> <p>This is second division of the DOM.</p> </div> <div class = "small" id = "div3"> <p>This is third division of the DOM</p> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −