Jquery select tags

ALL
$("*") selects all elements.

type selection
$("div") selects all <div> elements.

type with class
$("div.details") selects all <div> elements with class="details".

type with id
$("div#details") selects the first <div> elements with id="details".

All types in use now
$(":animated") selects all elements that are currently animated.

all types
$(":button") selects all <button> elements and <input> elements of type="button".

for alternating items
$(":even") selects even elements.
$(":odd") selects odd elements.

current one
$(this) Selects the current HTML element

type -- > class and nth item
$("div#details:first") Selects the first <div> element with id="details"

class selection
$(".details") Selects all elements with class="details"
$("#details") Selects the first element with id="details"
$("ul li:first") Selects the first <li> element of the first <ul>
$("ul li:first-child") Selects the first <li> element of every <ul>

ones that have a particular attribute
$("[href]") Selects all elements with an href attribute
$("[href$='.gif']") Selects all elements with an href attribute that ends with ".gif"
$("[href='#']") Selects all elements with an href value equal to "#"
$("[href!='#']") Selects all elements with an href value NOT equal to "#"