jQuery Properties

What You’ll Learn

jQuery properties are read-only fields — not functions. Collection properties describe the current set (.length, legacy .context). Namespace properties live on the global jQuery object (jQuery.ready, jQuery.support). This hub indexes 4 property tutorials with full examples and try-it labs.

Introduction

Most jQuery tutorials focus on methods — chainable functions like .hide(), .on(), and .addClass(). Properties are different: you read them like object fields.

When you run $("li"), jQuery returns a collection object. That object always exposes .length — how many elements matched. In older jQuery versions it also stored .context, the DOM node that limited the search when you used the two-argument form $(selector, context).

Some properties belong to the global jQuery namespace instead of each collection. Those are documented in other CodeToFun sections too — for example jQuery.ready in DOM and jQuery.support in Utilities. This hub focuses on the official Properties category collection tutorials.

Namespace Properties in Other Hubs

• jQuery.ready — thenable that resolves when the DOM is ready (DOM section).
• jQuery.holdReady() — pause and release the ready event (DOM section).
• jQuery.support — internal browser flags (Utilities section).
• jQuery.browser — removed user-agent object (Utilities section).