I\'m trying to find all elements on a page whose element ID contains a certain text. I\'ll then need to filter the found elements based on whether they are hidden or not. An
$('*[id*=mytext]:visible').each(function() { $(this).doStuff(); });
Note the asterisk '*' at the beginning of the selector matches all elements.
See the Attribute Contains Selectors, as well as the :visible and :hidden selectors.