JQuery hide all divs except for the divs I search for [closed]

Answer 1

you can do (case sensitive):

$(".btn").click(function(){
    var show=$(".staff-container .bold:contains('"+$(".search-query").val()+"')").parents(".staff-container");
    show.css("display","block");
    $(".staff-container").not(show).css("display","none");
});     

http://jsfiddle.net/KqFMh/1/ you can add some class instead of .bold for the name and some id instead of .search-query