The element selector selects all elements that have the given html tag name. In javascript we use a similar function getElementsByTagName to do this.
$('TagName')
TagName is any html tag name like div,span,p etc.
| selector | description |
|---|---|
| $('div') | Selects all elements with a tag name of div |
| $('p') | Selects all elements with a tag name of p |
| $('img') | Selects all image elements |
| $('span') | Selects all elements with a tag name of span |
In following example,when the user click on the button,
A red border will be added to the elements that has a tag name of 'DIV'
example:Select element by html tag name using jQuery
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