{"id":468,"date":"2023-08-25T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/api.jquery.com\/?p=468"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:35:01","slug":"lang-selector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/api.jquery.com\/lang-selector\/","title":{"rendered":":lang() Selector"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"lang1\" class=\"entry selector\"><h2 class=\"section-title\"><span>lang selector<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"desc\"><strong>Description: <\/strong>Selects all elements of the specified language.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"signatures\"><li class=\"signature\">\n<h4 class=\"name\">\n<span class=\"version-details\">version added: <a href=\"\/category\/version\/1.9\/\">1.9<\/a><\/span>jQuery( \":lang(language)\" )<\/h4>\n<p class=\"argument\"><strong>language: <\/strong>A language code.<\/p>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"longdesc\" id=\"entry-longdesc\">\n    <p>The <code>:lang()<\/code> selector matches elements that have a language value equal to the supplied language code or that start with the supplied language code immediately followed by \"-\". For example, the selector <code>$(\"div:lang(en)\")<\/code>will match <code>&lt;div lang=\"en\"&gt;<\/code> and <code>&lt;div lang=\"en-us\"&gt;<\/code> (and any of their descendant <code>&lt;div&gt;<\/code>s), but not <code>&lt;div lang=\"fr\"&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n    <p>For HTML elements, the language value is determined by the <code>lang<\/code> attribute and possibly information from  <code>meta<\/code> elements or HTTP headers.<\/p>\n    <p>Further discussion of this usage can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/css3-selectors\/#lang-pseudo\">W3C CSS specification<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-examples\" id=\"entry-examples\"><header><h2>Example:<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-0\">\n<p>Color div elements according to their language.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter xml\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n4\">4<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n5\">5<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n6\">6<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n7\">7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n8\">8<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n9\">9<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n10\">10<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n11\">11<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n12\">12<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n13\">13<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n14\">14<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n15\">15<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n16\">16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n17\">17<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n18\">18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n19\">19<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n20\">20<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n21\">21<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n22\">22<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n23\">23<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n24\">24<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n25\">25<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n26\">26<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n27\">27<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n28\">28<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n29\">29<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n30\">30<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n31\">31<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n32\">32<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n33\">33<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n34\">34<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n35\">35<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n36\">36<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n37\">37<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n38\">38<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n39\">39<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n40\">40<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n41\">41<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n42\">42<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n43\">43<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n44\">44<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n45\">45<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n46\">46<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n47\">47<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n48\">48<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n49\">49<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n50\">50<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n51\">51<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n52\">52<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n53\">53<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n54\">54<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n55\">55<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n56\">56<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n57\">57<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n58\">58<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n59\">59<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n60\">60<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n61\">61<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n62\">62<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n63\">63<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n64\">64<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n65\">65<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n66\">66<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">&lt;!doctype <span class=\"hljs-meta-keyword\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">lang<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"en\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">meta<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">charset<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"utf-8\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span>lang demo<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"css\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">body<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#ccc<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">h3<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">margin<\/span>: .<span class=\"hljs-number\">25em<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">div<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">line-height<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">1.5em<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.usa<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#f00<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#fff<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.usa<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.usa<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#fff<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#000<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.usa<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.usa<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.usa<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#00f<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#fff<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.spain<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#f00<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#ff0<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.spain<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.spain<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#ff0<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#f00<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">line-height<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">3em<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.spain<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.spain<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.spain<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">background-color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#f00<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">#ff0<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">line-height<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">1.5em<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">src<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-4.0.0.js\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">h3<\/span>&gt;<\/span>USA<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">h3<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">lang<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"en-us\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>red<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>white<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>and blue<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">h3<\/span>&gt;<\/span>Espa\u00f1a<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">h3<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">lang<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"es-es\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>rojo<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>amarillo<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>y rojo<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"javascript\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"div:lang(en-us)\"<\/span> ).addClass( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"usa\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"div:lang(es-es)\"<\/span> ).addClass( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"spain\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Demo:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"demo 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