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How to use universal (*) selector in jQuery?
The universal selector selects all the elements available in the document. Here’s how to use it:
$('*')
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to implement Universal Selector in jQuery −
<html> <head> <title>jQuery Universal Selector</title> <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { /* This would select all the elements */ $("*").css("background-color", "yellow"); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class = "big" id = "div1"> <p>This is first division of the DOM.</p> </div> <div class = "medium" id = "div2"> <p>This is second division of the DOM.</p> </div> <div class = "small" id = "div3"> <p>This is third division of the DOM</p> </div> </body> </html>
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