Try doing it in two steps: $("#tableid tbody tr:has(td.someclass)").filter(':contains (mytext)').doSomething()
On Feb 10, 7:57 pm, SteelRing <steelr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone can think of a reason why this shouldn't work? I'm trying to > select the Row (tr) where the cell of td with class "someclass" > contains "mytext". Since I want to work on the row (tr) itself, I need > to use :has because I don't need to select the td itself. Am I wrong > or am I wrong? > > $("#tableid tbody tr:has(td.someclass:contains(mytext))").dosomething > ();