jQuery: find element by text

Question

Can anyone tell me if it\'s possible to find an element based on its content rather than by an id or class?

I am attempting to find

Answer 1

Fellas, I know this is old but hey I've this solution which I think works better than all. First and foremost overcomes the Case Sensitivity that the jquery :contains() is shipped with:

var text = "text";

var search = $( "ul li label" ).filter( function ()
{
    return $( this ).text().toLowerCase().indexOf( text.toLowerCase() ) >= 0;
}).first(); // Returns the first element that matches the text. You can return the last one with .last()

Hope someone in the near future finds it helpful.