How can I select an element with multiple classes in jQuery?

Question

I want to select all the elements that have the two classes a and b.

So, only the e

Answer 1

Group Selector

body {font-size: 12px; }
body {font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}
th {font-size: 12px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}
td {font-size: 12px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}

Becomes this:

body, th, td {font-size: 12px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}

So in your case you have tried the group selector whereas its an intersection

$(".a, .b") 

instead use this

$(".a.b") 

Answer 2

your code $(".a, .b") will work for below multiple elements (at a same time)

<element class="a">
<element class="b">

if you want to select element having a and b both class like <element class="a b"> than use js without coma

$('.a.b')

Answer 3

You can use getElementsByClassName() method for what you want.

var elems = document.getElementsByClassName("a b c");
elems[0].style.color = "green";
console.log(elems[0]);

<ul>
  <li class="a">a</li>
  <li class="a b">a, b</li>
  <li class="a b c">a, b, c</li>
</ul>

This is the fastest solution also. you can see a benchmark about that here.

Answer 4

For the case

<element class="a">
  <element class="b c">
  </element>
</element>

You would need to put a space in between .a and .b.c

$('.a .b.c')

Answer 5

The problem you're having, is that you are using a Group Selector, whereas you should be using a Multiples selector! To be more specific, you're using $('.a, .b') whereas you should be using $('.a.b').

For more information, see the overview of the different ways to combine selectors herebelow!

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Group Selector : ","

Select all <h1> elements AND all <p> elements AND all <a> elements :

$('h1, p, a')

Multiples selector : "" (no character)

Select all <input> elements of type text, with classes code and red :

$('input[type="text"].code.red')

Descendant Selector : " " (space)

Select all <i> elements inside <p> elements:

$('p i')

Child Selector : ">"

Select all <ul> elements that are immediate children of a <li> element:

$('li > ul')

Adjacent Sibling Selector : "+"

Select all <a> elements that are placed immediately after <h2> elements:

$('h2 + a')

General Sibling Selector : "~"

Select all <span> elements that are siblings of <div> elements:

$('div ~ span')

Answer 6

Just mention another case with element:

E.g. <div id="title1" class="A B C">

Just type: $("div#title1.A.B.C")