:contains() Selector

contains ( text ) version added: 1.1.4

  • text
    Type: String
    A string of text to look for. It's case sensitive.

Description: Select all elements that contain the specified text.

The matching text can appear directly within the selected element, in any of that element's descendants, or a combination thereof. As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of :contains() can be written as a bare word or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.

Examples:

Example: Finds all divs containing "John" and underlines them. 

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

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

<div>John Resig</div>
<div>George Martin</div>
<div>Malcom John Sinclair</div>
<div>J. Ohn</div>

<script>

$( "div:contains('John')" ).css( "text-decoration", "underline" );

</script>

  
</body>
</html>

Demo: