I don't know if this is related, but the NAME attribute is deprecated
in XHTML, being replaced by ID.
On Feb 2, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Austin Schutz wrote:
> The name property is associated with every (or nearly every? are
> there exceptions?) DOM element. In my code I make extensive use of the
> name property, and it has been extremely useful to refer to
> specific elements
> directly by their name property rather than id or class.
> When used repeatedly, it is much cleaner (and I suspect faster,
> though
> I haven't benchmarked it) than the equivalent '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' selector.
>
> I would submit this as a plugin, but I don't believe this fundamental
> of a change is possible via a plugin.
>
> I've used the '%' character for lack of something more appropriate,
> though this is somewhat arbitrary.
>
>> diff jquery-latest.js jquery-local.js
> 742a743
>> "%": "a.getAttribute('name')==m[2]",
> 817c818
> < /^([:.#]*)([a-z0-9_*-]*)/i
> ---
>> /^([:.#%]*)([a-z0-9_*-]*)/i
> 1035c1036
> < while ( t && /^[a-z[({<*:.#]/i.test(t) ) {
> ---
>> while ( t && /^[a-z[({<*:.#%]/i.test(t) ) {
>
> I plan on presenting a particular coding pattern which uses this
> in a separate email, but I wanted to propose this on its own merits
> separately
> so as to avoid the further debate regarding coding style.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Austin
>
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