# :contains() Selector

Categories: Selectors > Content Filter

## contains selector

#### version added: 1.1.4jQuery(':contains(text)')

- text
    A string of text to look for. It's case sensitive.

Description: Select all elements that contain the specified text.

The matching text can appear directly within the selected element, in any of that element's descendants, or a combination thereof. As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of `:contains()` can be written as bare words or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.

### Example:

#### Finds all divs containing "John" and underlines them.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    <div>John Resig</div>

    <div>George Martin</div>
    <div>Malcom John Sinclair</div>
    <div>J. Ohn</div>

    <script>
    $("div:contains('John')").css("text-decoration", "underline");
        </script>

    </body>
    </html>

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