There are two issues here:
1. There should never be any more than one instance of an id on any one page so your query about being able to select multiple ID's is flawed by this. 2. In your code you would need to prepend your is query with a # As for being able to select multiple classes or elements in this way, why don't you try it out and see what happens ;) Goon-2 wrote: > > > can you select elements with a partial id, something like: > > $("my*") > > instead of > > $("my_id") > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/select-element-by-id-tf4900880s27240.html#a14097128 Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.