{"name":"empty","type":"selector","title":":empty Selector","deprecated":null,"removed":null,"desc":"Select all elements that have no children (including text nodes).","categories":["selectors/content-filter-selector","version/1.0"],"entries":[{"return":"","signatures":{"added":"1.0"},"examples":{"desc":"Finds all elements that are empty - they don't have child elements or text.","code":"\n$( \"td:empty\" )\n  .text( \"Was empty!\" )\n  .css( \"background\", \"rgb(255,220,200)\" );\n","css":"\n  td {\n    text-align: center;\n  }\n","html":"\n<table border=\"1\">\n  <tr><td>TD #0</td><td></td></tr>\n  <tr><td>TD #2</td><td></td></tr>\n  <tr><td></td><td>TD#5</td></tr>\n</table>\n"},"longdesc":"\n    <p>This is the inverse of <code>:parent</code>. </p>\n    <p>One important thing to note with :empty (and :parent) is that child elements include text nodes.</p>\n    <p>The W3C recommends that the <code>&lt;p&gt;</code> element have at least one child node, even if that child is merely text (see http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#edef-P). Some other elements, on the other hand, are empty (i.e. have no children) by definition: &lt;input&gt;, &lt;img&gt;, &lt;br&gt;, and &lt;hr&gt;, for example.</p>\n  "}],"slug":"empty-selector"}