I want to select all elements in my page except those with the class "searchBox".
How can I do that?
I want to disable text selection on all elements except input elements
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A:
$('* :not(.searchBox)');
* : Matches all elements.
not: Filters out all elements matching the given selector
Svetlozar Angelov
2010-01-07 08:42:07
Are you sure about the space between * and :not ? Space is the descendant operator in CSS selectors.
subtenante
2010-01-07 08:46:21
`$(':not(.searchBox)');` will work almost the same. @subtenante - usually, you are correct, and adding the space is a common mistake. Here it doesn't matter though, because all element are under something anyway (all elements are under `<body>` or deeper, so this version may miss the body tag).
Kobi
2010-01-07 08:52:32