Jquery Syntax

Jquery Syntax

With the help of jQuery you can select Html elements and perform actions on them.

$(selector).action()

• $ : This sign define jQuery
• (selector) : It select or find Html elements
• action() : It performed action on the html elements

Example

• $(this).hide() : hides the current element.
• $("p").hide() : hides all <p> elements.
• $(".list").hide() : hides all elements with class="list".
• $("#list").hide() : hides the element with id="list".

What is dollar sign ($) in jquery ?

Dollar Sign is nothing but it's an alias for JQuery. You can write jQuery at the place of $.

$(document).ready(function(){
});

Above and below syntax are same.

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
});