I want to be able to select all elements that only have a single

Question

Editorial Team

Asked: June 14, 20262026-06-14T19:33:10+00:00 2026-06-14T19:33:10+00:00

I want to be able to select all elements that only have a single (given) class (and no other)

for example, let’s say my page looks like this

<html>
    <body>
        <div class="a"> </div>
        <div class="a b"></div>
        <div class="c"></div>
    </body>
</html>

I want to be able to select only the first element – because it has a single class “a”, and no other classes.

Thanks

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-14T19:33:11+00:00

Editorial Team

How about this:

$('.a[class="a"]')

or as @Hexa propsed:

$('div[class="a"]')

@Hexa: and it’s actually the fastest! 😉 http://jsperf.com/attr-vs-attr-and-class

The Archive Base Latest Questions