Question

How can use :contains to find the object has a certain keyword when it is clicked?

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$('.click').click(function() {

   if($(":contains('More')", this)) alert('1');

});

I get the alert whenever it contains the keyword or not… how can I make it?

Answer 1

You need to use is to see if an element matches your :contains selector:

$(".click").click(function () {
    if ($(this).is(":contains('More')")) {
        alert('1');
    }
});

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/3N8ek/