How to Select an Element by Name in jQuery
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Answer: Use the Attribute Selector
You can use the CSS attribute selectors to select an HTML element by name using jQuery. The attribute selectors provide a very flexible and powerful mechanism for selecting elements.
Let's take a look at the following example to see how this works:
Example
Try this code »<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery Select Element by its Name Attribute</title>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
// Select and style elements on click of the button
$("button").click(function(){
// Select inputs whose name attribute value ends with '_name'
$('input[name$="_name"]').css("border-color", "lime");
// Select input which name attribute value is exactly 'email'
$('input[name="email"]').css("border-color", "blue");
// Select inputs whose name attribute value starts with 'zip'
$('input[name^="zip"]').css("border-color", "red");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<p><label>First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"></label><p>
<p><label>Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"></label><p>
<p><label>Email Address: <input type="text" name="email"></label><p>
<p><label>Zip Code: <input type="text" name="zip_code"></label><p>
<button type="button">Style Inputs</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>Please check out the tutorial on CSS attribute selectors to learn more about it.
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