Question

Is this possible to acces selector with a general tag name.
Like in sql if you want to find a varchar that contains “ert” you write it “%ert%”

can I go like ("#%_tagname%").hide();?

Answer 1

You can use starts with, ends with, and contains:

$('[id^="start_"]').... // the id starts with `start_`

$('[id$="_end"]').... // the id ends with `_end`

$('[id~="something"]').... // the id contains `something` within