Select form input text in jQuery

Description

The following code shows how to select form input text.

Example


Output debug message to a div element with .text() method
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!-- ww  w .  j av a 2s .  c  o  m-->
var input = $("form input:text");
$("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="text" />
</form>
<div></div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Select form input text in jQuery

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