Using the jQuery Selector to Find HTML Elements
Unlike JavaScript, jQuery allows you to find HTML elements in countless ways using selectors. Yes, just like CSS selectors. In fact, most jQuery selectors are based on the CSS selectors, thus providing a more seamless transition between the two.
As demonstrated by the phrases in the upcoming sections, jQuery selectors make it easy to select just about any group of HTML elements. Keep in mind that jQuery selectors return jQuery objects that represent a set of DOM objects, not a direct array of DOM objects.
jQuery selector syntax is straightforward. Once the jQuery library is loaded, simply use $(selector). For example:
$("#myElement")
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