jQuery selectors are used to find and select HTML elements.
Selectors tell jQuery which elements you want to work with on a web page.
jQuery selectors are based on CSS selectors, which makes them easy to learn.
If you know basic CSS, you can easily understand jQuery selectors.
This selector selects all paragraph elements on the page.
The hide action will apply to every paragraph.
This selector selects an element using its ID.
ID selectors are used when selecting unique elements.
This selector selects all elements with a specific class.
Class selectors are commonly used when working with multiple elements.
Important Selector Points:
- Selectors choose HTML elements
- Based on CSS syntax
- Can select one or multiple elements
- Used in almost every jQuery program