Selectors

As the name suggests, selector attributes are used to select various elements of HTML. The selector attributes basically support the CSS selectors.

Selectors begin with a $ sign followed by parentheses: $()

Element selectors

Element selectors select elements using their name. For example, if a paragraph is written in the tags <p>, you can select this paragraph using its name, that is, p:

$("p")

Parameters

The name of the element to be chosen is passed as a parameter.

Returns

The element selectors returns the element.

Description

The element selectors select elements using their name. For example, if a paragraph is written in the tags <p>, you can select this paragraph using its name.

ID selectors

ID selectors select elements using their ID. Each ...

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