jQuery | :input Selector

The :input selector in jQuery is used to select input elements. This selector also used with button element.

Syntax:

$(":input")

Note: jQuery :input selector not only selects input elements but also Buttons, Dropdowns and Textarea elements.

Example: This example use :input selector to count all input elements.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
      
<head>  
    <title> 
        jQuery :input Selector 
    </title> 
      
    <style>  
        body {  
            width: 35%;  
            height: 150px;  
            border: 2px solid green;  
            padding: 35px;  
            margin: 10px;  
        } 
    </style> 
      
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">  
    </script>  
</head>  
  
<body>  
  
    <input type="text" value="GeeksforGeeks"> 
      
    <button type="button"> 
        Simple Button 
    </button><br> 
      
    <select> 
        <option>Option</option> 
    </select> 
      
    <textarea></textarea> 
      
    <h4 id="GFG"></h4> 
      
    <!-- jQuery code to count all elements  
        selected by :input selector -->
    <script>  
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            var allInputs = $(":input"); 
            $("#GFG").text("Found " + allInputs.length  
                    + " elements selected.");  
        }); 
    </script>  
</body>  
  
</html>                         

Output:

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