JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Ehsan Sajjad
HTML
<input type="text" id="searchuser" value="Zoek" />
<input type="button" id="gosearchuser" value=">" />
<div id="onlineList">
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username1" data-gender="8">whatever1</div>
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username2" data-gender="8">whatever2</div>
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username3" data-gender="8">whatever3</div>
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username4" data-gender="8">whatever4</div>
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username5" data-gender="8">whatever5</div>
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username6" data-gender="8">whatever6</div>
<div id="ajaxChat_u_109" name="username7" data-gender="8">whatever7</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$("#gosearchuser").on("click", function (event) {
var $searchparam = $('#searchuser').val();
$('div#onlineList div').each(function () {
if ($(this).attr('name') == $searchparam ){
} else {
this.remove();
}
});
});