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:text
Matches all input elements of type text.
Using this psuedo-selector like $(':text') is equivalent to $('*:text') which is a slow selector. It's recommended to do $('input:text').
Examples:| Name | Type |
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Finds all text inputs.
var input = $("form input:text").css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
$("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".")
.css("color", "red");
$("form").submit(function () { return false; }); // so it won't submit
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var input = $("form input:text").css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
$("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".")
.css("color", "red");
$("form").submit(function () { return false; }); // so it won't submit
});
</script>
<style>
textarea { height:25px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
<input type="checkbox" />
<input type="file" />
<input type="hidden" />
<input type="image" />
<input type="password" />
<input type="radio" />
<input type="reset" />
<input type="submit" />
<input type="text" />
<select><option>Option<option/></select>
<textarea></textarea>
<button>Button</button>
</form>
<div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
