oops, copy/paste error. as there is no "text" method on RegExp
objects, disregard the snippet above. it should be:
// Existing "contains" filter
function (a, i, m) {
return (a.textContent || a.innerText || jQuery(a).text() ||
"").indexOf(m[3]) >= 0;
}
// New ":text-equals" filter
function (a
Hi Julijan,
It sounds like what you need is a ":text-equals" filter The reason
":contains" fails in this case is because it does a global match. By
anchoring the same RegExp against the beginning and end of the string,
you should be able to select elements whose text matches exactly:
// Existing
sounds like you want to .filter() the results, but that will still
iterate. the thing is anything that grabs a bunch of elements and
picks certain ones out is going to loop through them at some point.
if you wanted to do it entirely via selectors (and depending on
whether there is a appropriate a
You could just check the length of the :contains string against
the .text() value in a .filter(function(){ ... })
On Oct 5, 9:20 am, Julijan Andjelic
wrote:
> Is there a way (selector) that would allow me to select an element by
> exact mach of containing text.
>
> example:
>
>
> This is so
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