jQuery if “this” contains

Question

I\'m trying to change any elements containing a particular text string to a red color. In my example I can get the child elements to become blue, but there\'s something about th

Answer 1

I don't think there is a .contains function in jQuery. There is a .contains function but that function is used to see if a DOM element is a descendant of another DOM element. See documentation for .contains. (Credits to @beezir)

I think you are looking for :contains selector. See below for more details,

$('#main-content-panel .entry:contains("Replace Me")').css('color', 'red');

http://jsfiddle.net/zatHH/1/