Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|=value]

attributeContainsPrefix selector

version added: 1.0jQuery('[attribute|=value]')

  • attribute
    An attribute name.
    value
    An attribute value. Quotes are optional.

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).

This selector was introduced into the CSS specification to handle language attributes.

Example:

Finds all links with an hreflang attribute that is english.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

                         <a href="example.html" hreflang="en">Some text</a>

                          <a href="example.html" hreflang="en-UK">Some other text</a>

<script>$('a[hreflang|=en]').css('border','3px dotted green');</script>
</body>
</html>

Demo: