Attribute Contains Word Selector [name~=value]

attributeContainsWord 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 containing a given word, delimited by spaces.

This selector matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.

Example:

Finds all inputs with a name attribute that contains the word 'man' and sets the value with some text.

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

  <input name="milk man" />
  <input name="letterman2" />
  <input name="newmilk" />
<script>$("input[name~=man]").val("mr. man is in it!");</script>
</body>
</html>

Demo: