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<!DOCTYPE html>
< html lang = 'en' > < head > < meta http-equiv = 'content-type' content = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' / > < / head > < body >
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< div data-role = "page" >
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< div data-role = "header" >
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< h1 > :contains() Selector< / h1 >
< / div >
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< div data-role = "content" data-theme = "c" id = "contains1" >
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< h2 class = "jq-clearfix roundTop section-title" >
< span class = "name" > contains< / span > selector< / h2 >
< div class = " entry-details" >
< h4 class = "name" >
< span class = "versionAdded" > version added: < a href = "/version/1.1.4/" > 1.1.4< / a > < / span > jQuery(':contains(text)')< / h4 >
< p class = "desc" > < strong > Description: < / strong > Select all elements that contain the specified text.< / p >
< div class = "longdesc" > < p > The matching text can appear directly within the selected element, in any of that element's descendants, or a combination thereof. As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of < code > :contains()< / code > can be written as bare words or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.< / p > < / div >
< h3 > Example:< / h3 >
< div id = "entry-examples" class = "entry-examples" > < div id = "example-0" >
< h4 > < span class = "desc" > Finds all divs containing "John" and underlines them.< / span > < / h4 >
< pre > < code class = "example demo-code" > < !DOCTYPE html>
< html>
< head>
< script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"> < /script>
< /head>
< body>
< div> John Resig< /div>
< div> George Martin< /div>
< div> Malcom John Sinclair< /div>
< div> J. Ohn< /div>
< script>
$("div:contains('John')").css("text-decoration", "underline");
< /script>
< /body>
< /html> < / code > < / pre >
< h4 > Demo:< / h4 >
< div class = "demo code-demo" > < / div >
< / div > < / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< / body > < / html >