Find and Hide element (jQuery)

Question

<a href="#">Hide Me</a>

How do I find a link with text "hide" in it. I know how to find links by attributes but can't figure out how to find link by its text.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '10 at 12:04

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$('a:contains(Hide)')

Note that contains is case sensitive.

$('a:contains(Hide)').click(function() { $(this).hide() });

answered Jan 19 '10 at 12:04

David Hedlund

@dittodhole: it sure does. the same goes for attribute selectors, `a[href=#]`. i'm not sure if any version is officially recommended over the other, but both work. – David Hedlund Jan 19 '10 at 12:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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$('a:contains("Hide")');

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

Community

answered Jan 19 '10 at 12:06

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