jQuery :empty Selector

The :empty selector in jQuery is used to select empty elements.

Syntax:

$(":empty")

Parameter: The :empty selector contains a single parameter empty which is mandatory and used to select an empty element which is an element without child elements or text.

Example 1: This example uses :empty selector to select an element position in a table.

HTML


<html>

<head>
    <title>
        jQuery :empty() Selector
    title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $(":empty").css("background-color", "green");
        });
    script>
head>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1 id="geeks1" style="color:green;">
            GeeksForGeeks
        h1>
        <h2 id="geeks2">jQuery :empty() Selectorh2>
        <table border="1">
            <tr>
                <th>Nameth>
                <th>Contactth>
                <th>Countryth>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Geeks 1td>
                <td>td>
                <td>Indiatd>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Geeks 2td>
                <td>2345td>
                <td>td>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Geeks 3td>
                <td>3456td>
                <td>Indiatd>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Geeks 4td>
                <td>4567td>
                <td>Indiatd>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Geeks 5td>
                <td>5678td>
                <td>U.S.td>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>td>
                <td>6789td>
                <td>Austrialiatd>
            tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Geeks 7td>
                <td>td>
                <td>Indiatd>
            tr>
        table>
    center>
body>

html>

Output:

Example 2: This example use : empty selector to select an empty element.

HTML


<html>

<head>
    <title>jQuery :empty() Selectortitle>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>
    
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("div:empty(.GFG)").css("background-color", "green");
        });
    script>
    
    <style>
        .GFG {
            width: 200px;
            height: 40px;
        }
    style>
head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeksh1>
    <div class="GFG">div>
body>

html>

Output:

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