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Bhaskar Singh
8,532 Pointswhy there is * in the href attribute in jQuery
why there is * in the href attribute in $('a').not('[href*= "my-domain.com"]').attr('target','_blank');
1 Answer
Sam Donald
36,305 PointsThe * selector selects everything.
So here it's been used to select every link that does not contain the string my-domain.com anywhere in its href attribute.
Bhaskar Singh
8,532 PointsThanks
nico dev
20,364 Pointsnico dev
20,364 PointsJust like Sam Donald said.
Just wanted to add that, since jQuery mostly use CSS selectors, this course (and most particularly its last section, advanced selectors) could be very a helpful tool to understand this kind of selectors better. Maybe you want to branch out there a little. :)
HTH.