Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]

attributeContainsPrefix ( attribute, value ) version added: 1.0

  • attribute
    Type: String
    An attribute name.
  • value
    Type: String
    An attribute value. Can be either an unquoted single word or a quoted string.

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).

This selector was introduced into the CSS specification to handle language attributes.

Examples:

Example: Finds all links with an hreflang attribute that is english. 

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>css demo</title>

  <style>

  a {
    display: inline-block;
  }

  </style>

  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  

<a href="example.html" hreflang="en">Some text</a>
<a href="example.html" hreflang="en-UK">Some other text</a>
<a href="example.html" hreflang="english">will not be outlined</a>

<script>

$( "a[hreflang|='en']" ).css( "border", "3px dotted green" );

</script>

  
</body>
</html>

Demo: