jQuery Selectors are a set of methods in the jQuery library that allow developers to select and manipulate HTML elements based on a variety of criteria. They are used to easily and efficiently select specific elements from an HTML document and apply changes to them using jQuery.
jQuery Selectors use a syntax similar to CSS selectors, which allows developers to select elements based on their tag name, class, ID, attributes, and more. Here are a few examples of jQuery selectors:
- Tag selector: selects all elements with a specific tag name. For example, to select all paragraph elements, you would use the following selector: $(“p”).
- Class selector: selects all elements with a specific class name. For example, to select all elements with the class “example”, you would use the following selector: $(“.example”).
- ID selector: selects a single element with a specific ID. For example, to select an element with the ID “myElement”, you would use the following selector: $(“#myElement”).
- Attribute selector: selects elements based on their attributes. For example, to select all elements with the attribute “data-toggle”, you would use the following selector: $(“[data-toggle]”).
Using these and other jQuery selectors, developers can easily and efficiently manipulate HTML elements and create dynamic web pages.