Selects even elements, zero-indexed. See also odd.
In particular, note that the 0-based indexing means that, counter-intuitively, :even
selects the first element, third element, and so on within the matched set.
- Because
:even
is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using:even
cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOMquerySelectorAll()
method. To achieve the best performance when using:even
to select elements, first select the elements using a pure CSS selector, then use.filter(":even")
. - Selected elements are in the order of their appearance in the document.
jQuery( ":even" )
version added: 1.0
Examples:
Finds even table rows, matching the first, third and so on (index 0, 2, 4 etc.).
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>even demo</title> <style> table { background: #eee; } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> </head> <body> <table border="1"> <tr><td>Row with Index #0</td></tr> <tr><td>Row with Index #1</td></tr> <tr><td>Row with Index #2</td></tr> <tr><td>Row with Index #3</td></tr> </table> <script> $( "tr:even" ).css( "background-color", "#bbf" ); </script> </body> </html>
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