Selector : * Gets ALL elements

The first jQuery selector that we will look is * which is used to select all elements of the page.

It can be used as follows:

$("*")



Now lets look at an example to clear the concept:

<!--code starts from here-->

<script type='text/javascript'>

$("*").append("#####");

</script>


<p>how r u</p>

<ul>

<li>1</li>

<li>2</li>

<li>3</li>

</ul>



<!--code ends here-->



When you will execute the above code, you will find that after each element "####" is appended. The output shown is as follows:


how r u#####   //this is appended after p tag



    * 1#####  //these are inserted after li tag

    * 2#####

    * 3#####

      #####    // this is inserted after ul tag

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