You have to escape with \\
$("#this\\:is\\:only\\:example");
On Sep 13, 9:42 am, Adwin Wijaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> I am glad you are reache version 1.2 :) that's awesome .. but I would
> like to report the bug,
> it seems the jquery 1.2 (and before) still couldnt detect the id with
> ":" for example
>
> <div id="this:is:only:example"> aaaa </div>
>
> this code usually generated by those who using netbeans + visual
> webpack. they generated silly id like that .. but it works very well
> using prototype :)
>
> adwin
