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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T12:55:36+00:00 2026-05-11T12:55:36+00:00

the empty selector says that: Matches all elements that have no children (including text

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the empty selector says that: Matches all elements that have no children (including text nodes).
Finds all elements that are empty – they don’t have child elements or text.

What i want is to get elements which has no children but may have text inside., how?

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I want select these elements which has no children but may have text, with syntax like this:

$('div:empty, a:empty, span, p:empty, td:empty, img, input').mousemove(myMouseOverHandler); 
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  1. 2026-05-11T12:55:36+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 12:55 pm

    Get any element that doesn’t have any other element:

    $('*:not(:has(*))'); 
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