jQuery Selector :empty

Introduction

The :empty selector selects empty elements.

An empty element is an element without child elements or text. 

$(":empty")

Select all empty elements:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $(":empty").css("background-color", "yellow");
});/*  www.  jav  a 2s.  c  om*/
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Welcome to My Web Page</h1>

<table border="1">
  <tr>
    <th>Company</th>
    <th></th>
    <th>Country</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>CSS</td>
    <td>Java</td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>A</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>Sweden</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Javascript</td>
    <td>Python</td>
    <td>Mexico</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>C++</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>XYZ</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td></td>
    <td>UK</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>C</td>
    <td>HTML</td>
    <td>Germany</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>HTML5</td>
    <td>Yes</td>
    <td>Canada</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>M</td>
    <td>Name</td>
    <td>Italy</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>North/South</td>
    <td>Var</td>
    <td>UK</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>



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