Appendix B
jQuery Selectors
The following table contains the selector syntax that you can use with jQuery's Selector API, which is implemented using the open source Sizzle engine.
| Selector | Description |
| Simple SelectorsThe following selectors are the most basic, commonly used selectors. | |
#idNamediv#idName |
Selects a single element via the id name specified in the element's id attribute. |
div |
Selects one or more elements by the element name—for example, form, div, input, and so on. |
div.className.className |
Selects one or more elements via a class name present in the element's class attribute. Individual elements may also have multiple class names. |
* |
The universal or wildcard selector; selects all elements. |
div.body, div.sideColumn, h1.title |
Selects one or more elements by chaining multiple selectors together with commas. |
| HierarchyThe following selectors are used based on hierarchical context. | |
div.outerContainer table.form |
Selects one or more elements based on an ancestral relationship. |
div#wrapper > h1.title |
Selects one or more elements based on a parent, child relationship. |
h3 + p |
Selects the sibling immediately following an element. |
h3 ∼ p |
Selects any siblings immediately following an element. |
| Context FiltersThe following selectors are applied based on the context elements that appear in the document. | |
:root |
Selects the root element of the document; in an HTML document this will be the <html> element. In an XML document, it will be whatever name is given ... |
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