Ah, right. I didn't look at it that closely. See here for more info on what Karl is referring to:
http://docs.jquery.com/DOM/Traversing/Selectors#Supported_Predicates.2C_but_differently --Erik On 9/16/07, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even with the XPath plugin, you won't be able to use that selector. jQuery > always only supported a subset of XPath, not the full spec. The "div[2]" > part, for example, won't be recognized correctly by jQuery, in any version. > > > --Karl > _________________ > Karl Swedberg > www.englishrules.com > www.learningjquery.com > > > > On Sep 16, 2007, at 6:12 PM, Erik Beeson wrote: > > If you're using jQuery 1.2, you need the XPath plugin, available here: > http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.2#XPath_Compatibility_Plugin > > See here for more info: > http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.2#Removed_Functionality > > --Erik > > > On 9/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I went through John Resigs screencast on using jquery with firebug at > > http://jquery.com/blog/2007/01/26/introduction-to-firebug-and-jquery-screencast/ > > > > > > I tried using xpath in the firebug console but get no results for a > > xpath that I get from firebug when inspecting a text element > > > > alert($("/html/body/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div/div/div[2]/div/ > > p",document).text()); > > > > also tried > > alert($("/html/body/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div/div/div[2]/div/ > > p").text()); > > > > Get a blank alert. > > > > Also tried adding it to the the html page to make sure it was not > > working from there. > > > > Whats wrong with the XPATH? I copied the xpath using firebugs "Copy > > XPATH". > > Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround? > > Does anyone have a html page with working XPATH examples. I think this > > would really help newbies. > > Thanks > > -Milind > > > > > >
