Question

I want to select every cell that has a certain text as content. I do it like that:

$("td:contains('Some Text')")

But in the following mark up that expression finds two tds:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <table>
        <tr>
          <td>Some Text</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

I only want the cell that actually contains the text, not the cell that contains a table that contains the text in one of its cells.

How do I modify my selector to get there?

Answer 1

Try this:

$("td:not(:has(*)):contains('Some Text')")

Fiddle