jQuery: find element by text

Question

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to find an element based on its content rather than by an id or class?

I am attempting to find elements that don't have distinct classes or id's. (Then I then need to find that element's parent.)

Answer 1

You can use the :contains selector to get elements based on their content.

Demo here

$('div:contains("test")').css('background-color', 'red');

<div>This is a test</div>
<div>Another Div</div>

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