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[Java and Technology] New DZone "RefCard": jQuery Selectors

This week's DZone RefCard is one that Yehuda and I put together describing the jQuery Selectors.

For anyone using jQuery, or even contemplating using it, this "RefCard" is a handy reference to keep at your desk (virtual or otherwise) to look up the syntax of the jQuery selectors and the methods that manage the jQuery wrapped set.

DZone RefCardz Page

jQuery Selectors Refcard

TrackBacks[0] Comments[2] Posted by bear on June 9, 2008 12:10:02 PM CDT

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I quickly read the refcardz and found two problems with it. On page 2.

$(‘div~p’) selects all <div> elements that are preceded by a <p> element

This selector matches all <p> elements that are preceded by any <div> sibling. On page 3:

$(‘#xyz p :header’) selects all header type elements within <p> elements that are within an element with an id value of xyz.

This is not a very good example as <p> elements should not contain block-level elements, see the W3 reference.

Comment from Caroline Schnapp on July 8, 2008 2:45:41 PM CDT

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And a third error: On page 3.

$(‘p:contains(coffee)’) selects all
elements that contain the text coffee

This should be...

$("p:contains('coffee')")

See the jquery API reference on this.

Comment from Caroline Schnapp on July 8, 2008 2:53:04 PM CDT

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