Question

I would like to be able to look in the first span within a div with a class of t_links and buy and detect if the string Account appears. If it does then I want to set some tracking code in jQuery/JavaScript.

There will always be one span within this div. How can I search the contents for an instance of Account using jQuery?

<div class="t_links buy">
  <span><a class="" href="https://www.ayrshireminis.com/account/login/">Account</a></span>
</div>

Answer 1

:contains is what you’re looking for:

$(".t_links.buy span:first:contains('Account')")

http://api.jquery.com/contains-selector/

Edit: Added first as @adeneo pointed out. This will ensure that it’s the first span that you’re looking at.