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The universal selector selects all the elements available in the document.
Here is the simple syntax to use this selector:
$('*') |
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector:
*: A symbolic star.
Like any other jQuery selector, this selector also returns an array filled with the found elements.
$('*') selects all the elements available in the document.
Following example would select all the elements available and would display them one by one:
<html> <head> <title>The Selecter Example</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { var elements = $("*"); for( i=0; i<elements.length; i++ ){ alert("Found element: " + elements[i].innerHTML); } }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="big" id="divid1"> <p class="para1" id="pid1">This is first paragraph.</p> <p class="para2" id="pid2">This is second paragraph.</p> <p class="para3" id="pid3">This is third paragraph.</p> </div> <br /> <div class="big" id="divid2"> <p>This is second division of the DOM.</p> <p>This is second para inside second division.</p> </div> <br /> <div class="medium" id="divid3"> <p>This is a para inside third division</p> </div> </body> </html> |
To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.
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