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Created December 12, 2012 07:32
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Simple jQuery pseudo-selector that matches only if the element has text in it.
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jquery.hasText.js
jQuery.expr[':'].hasText = function(el, i) {
if(el.childNodes.length === 1 && el.firstChild.nodeType === 3) {
return jQuery.trim(el.innerHTML).length > 0;
}
return false;
};
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