[jQuery] Re: this:contains selector

Something like this might work...not tested. $(this).is(:contains(matchingText)) Glen On Dec 12, 2007 4:55 PM, Van [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The contains selector works fine with tags (a:contains()) etc. but doesn't seem to work with $(this). What is the best way to use contains with this??

[jQuery] Re: this:contains selector

Or the underutilized second argument of jQuery, the context: $(:contains('whatever'), this) -- Josh - Original Message - From: Glen Lipka To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:49 AM Subject: [jQuery] Re: this:contains selector Something

[jQuery] Re: this:contains selector

Glen that gave me an error, but perhaps I did it wrong. It's a little confusing when learning jQuery when to use .is, .filter, .find, etc. So Wizzud helped me with this post: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/msg/017fc4129992dd94 I went with: $('ul.list a:contains(' + toMatch + ')')