jQuery: filter out elements via class?

Question

I have a website featuring a long list of names. To make it more oversee-able, I\'d like to put a text link in to

(on load) show all

(on clicking word \"pea

Answer 1

hmm.. if you had a list like the following:

red apple
green apple
big pear
little pear

the following would show all:

$("span.*").show();

the following would hide all elements with 'class="apple"':

$("span[class='apple']").hide();

or you could go with hiding everything that doesn't have 'class="pear"':

$("span[class!='pear']").hide();