Is there an "OR" condition in jquery selector strings?

Question

I would like to test an element object to see if it has either "classA" or "classB". For example, a click() event has returned an element in the event's target property. I want to test this element to see if has either of those two classes.

$("#mybutton").click(function($event) {
  var $el = $($event.target);
  if($el.is(".classA") || $el.is(".classB")) {
    // Can I do the above with 1 selector instead of two separate ones?
  }
});

As above, using the is() function, I can check for each class individually, but I'm curious if I can do it with one function call instead of two?

Answer 1

Yes, you can separate the selectors with a comma:

if($el.is(".classA, .classB"))

See it in action.

Answer 2

You can test if

if($el.is('.classA, .classB')) { ... }

Here is a little test case: http://jsfiddle.net/ydtv2/