My html looks like this
jK
JFOO
I don't believe there is a way to do this with a raw selector. The contains
selector is case sensitive and there doesn't appear to be a case insensitive version. I think the best approach is to use a filter that manually queries the object
var filt = function (unused) {
$(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(txtSearch.toLowerCase()) !== -1;
};
You can change the .contains
filter to be case insensitive or create your own selector.
jQuery.expr[':'].icontains = function(a, i, m) {
return jQuery(a).text().toUpperCase()
.indexOf(m[3].toUpperCase()) >= 0;
};
This creates a new selector: icontains (or you could name it insensitive-contains, or whatever suits your fancy).
It's usage would be the same as contains: $('div:icontains("Stack")');
would match:
<div>stack</div>
<div>Stack</div>
<div>StAcKOverflow</div>
Or override the existing .contains
filter:
jQuery.expr[':'].contains = function(a, i, m) {
return jQuery(a).text().toUpperCase()
.indexOf(m[3].toUpperCase()) >= 0;
};
With this in place,
$("div:contains('John')");
would select all three of these elements:
<div>john</div>
<div>John</div>
<div>hey hey JOHN hey hey</div>
Why not use the filter
function, and pass in a function that uses a case insensitive regex?
var filteredDivs = $("div.link-item").filter(function() {
var reg = new RegExp(txtsearch, "i");
return reg.test($(this).text());
});
DEMO
Here is my contribution, hope it helps :)
$('#txt').keyup(function() {
var query = $(this).val();
$("div.link-item")
.hide()
.filter(':contains("' + query + '")')
.show();
});
The :contains() selector is case sensitive.
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.
Also created a demo if someone would like to try it out.
UPDATE
Sorry, must have misread your question.
Found this jQuery expression at http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/278 to create a new selector that is case insensitive and I updated my demo.
$.extend($.expr[':'], {
'containsi': function(elem, i, match, array) {
return (elem.textContent || elem.innerText || '').toLowerCase()
.indexOf((match[3] || "").toLowerCase()) >= 0;
}
});