# Element Selector (“element”)

Categories: Selectors > Basic

## element selector

#### version added: 1.0jQuery('element')

- element
    An element to search for. Refers to the tagName of DOM nodes.

Description: Selects all elements with the given tag name.

JavaScript's `getElementsByTagName()` function is called to return the appropriate elements when this expression is used.

### Example:

#### Finds every DIV element.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <style>
      div,span {
        width: 60px;
        height: 60px;
        float:left;
        padding: 10px;
        margin: 10px;
        background-color: #EEEEEE;
      }
      </style>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <div>DIV1</div>

      <div>DIV2</div>
      <span>SPAN</span>
    <script>$("div").css("border","9px solid red");</script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: