jQuery :input Selector

The jQuery :input selector in jQuery is used to select input elements. This selector is also used with button element.

Syntax:

$(":input")

Note: jQuery :input selector not only selects input elements but also Buttons, Dropdowns, and Textarea elements.

Example 1: This example use :input selector to count all input elements.

HTML


<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery :input Selector
    title>
    <style>
        body {
            width: 35%;
            height: 150px;
            border: 2px solid green;
            padding: 35px;
            margin: 10px;
        }
    style>
  
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>
head>
  
<body>
    <input type="text" value="GeeksforGeeks">
    <button type="button">
        Simple Button
    button>
      <br>
  
    <select>
        <option>Optionoption>
    select>
    <textarea>textarea>
    <h4 id="GFG">h4>
  
    
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            var allInputs = $(":input");
            $("#GFG").text("Found " + allInputs.length
                + " elements selected.");
        });
    script>
body>
  
html>

Output:

Example 2: This example use :input selector to change the color of all buttons.

HTML


<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery :input Selector
    title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>
head>

<body>
    <input type="text" value="GeeksforGeeks"><br>
    <button type="button">
        Simple Button
    button>
      <br>
  
    <select>
        <option>Optionoption>
    select>
    <br>
    <textarea>textarea>
    <h4 id="GFG">h4>
    <button>Change colorbutton>
  
    
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("button").click(function () {
                $("button").css("background-color","green");
            });
        });
    script>
body>
  
html>

Output:

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