jQuery Tutorial jQuery HOME jQuery Intro jQuery Get Started jQuery Syntax jQuery Selectors jQuery Events jQuery Effects jQuery Hide/Show jQuery Fade jQuery Slide jQuery Animate jQuery stop() jQuery Callback jQuery Chaining jQuery HTML jQuery Get jQuery Set jQuery Add jQuery Remove jQuery CSS Classes jQuery css() jQuery Dimensions jQuery Traversing jQuery selectors allow you to select and manipulate HTML element (s). Also in: Selectors > Form | Selectors > jQuery Extensions Tip: Using input:button as a selector will not select the button element. An equivalent selector to $ (":button") using valid CSS is $ ("button, input [type='button']"). jQueryUI provides button () method to transform the HTML elements (like buttons, inputs and anchors) into themeable buttons, with automatic management of mouse movements on them, all managed transparently by jQuery UI. It's based on the existing CSS Selectors, and in addition, it has some own custom selectors. To use any of the meta-characters ( such as ! jQuery selectors are used to "find" (or select) HTML elements based on their name, id, classes, types, attributes, values of attributes and much more. Borrowing from CSS 1–3, and then adding its own, jQuery offers a powerful set of tools for matching a set of elements in a document. Selects all button elements and elements of type button. jQuery Selectors In order to group radio buttons, Button also provides an additional widget, called Buttonset. "#$%&'() ... button Selector. The :button selector selects button elements, and input elements with type=button.