<div>
<a>
Text1
<img alt="" stc="" />
</a>
<a>
Text2
</a>
</div>
I want to select all anchor elements that have text=text2
. I'm looking for something like this:
$('a[text=Text2]')
Edit: Why this is not working? For some some reason, it needs to be in this format:
$('div').find('a').find(':contains("Text2")')
You ask why this doesn't work:
$('div').find('a').find(':contains("Text2")')
The reason is, .find()
will search children elements, you want .filter()
(because you already selected the a
- or you add the :contains
to the a find:
$('div').find('a').filter(':contains("Text2")');
$('div').find('a:contains("Text2")');
You're looking for contains:
$("a:contains('text2')")
Use the :contains()
filter.
http://api.jquery.com/contains-selector/
As an additional note, rather than scanning for exact text inside a link it might be better to be scanning for attributes, e.g.
<div class="farm-market-items">
<a class="market-item" data-item-type="seed" data-item-id="817">
Carrot Seed
<img alt="" src="" class="item-thumb" />
</a>
<a class="market-item" data-item-type="seed" data-item-id="25">
Spinach Seed
</a>
<a class="market-item" data-item-type="tree" data-item-id="981">
Pear Tree
</a>
</div>
Now you can (accurately) scan for:
all_seeds = $('a[data-item-type="seed"]');
(I'm a big fan of the data-* attributes.)