<html> <head> <title>jQuery contains selector example</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> #msg{ padding:8px; hright:100px; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>jQuery contains selector example</h1> <div id="msg"></div> <ul> <li>One</li> <li>two</li> <li>three</li> <li>four</li> <li>five</li> </ul> <p> This is a paragraph 1 - google.com </p> <p> This is a paragraph 2 - tony.com </p> <br/><br/> <button>p:contains(paragraph 1)</button> <button>p:contains(tony)</button> <button>li:contains(three)</button> <script type="text/javascript"> $("button").click(function () { var str = $(this).text(); $('p, li').css("border", "1px solid #000000"); $(str).css("border", "1px solid #ff0000"); $('#msg').html("<h4>Button clicked : " + str + "</h4>"); }); </script> </body> </html>