That did it. Thank you so much! I've been trying to escape the colon
using one slash :p
Thanks again!
- Nick
On Jan 7, 3:08 pm, "Jonathan Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try escaping the colon: $("#itemForm\\:standards select:last")
>
> Cheers,
> -Jonathan
>
> On 1/7/08, npetcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm updating some of the legacy software we have at my company and
> > changing much of the JavaScript to jQuery. I'm having a bit of
> > trouble with a few particular id's however.
>
> > I'm trying to access the last select element of a block of code and
> > retrieve the id like this:
>
> > $("#itemForm:standards select:last").attr("id");
>
> > itemForm:standards is the id of the block I'm attempting to access,
> > and I'm using select:last to get the last select element. This
> > doesn't work however. I tried the same method, but used the class
> > name rather than the id and the function worked fine.
>
> > $(".standardsBlock select:last").attr("id");
>
> > I may be mistaken, but I think jQuery thinks I'm attempting to apply a
> > selector to the id name because of the colon in the name. How would I
> > go about searching for an id like that? Has anyone had any trouble
> > with this before?
>
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> > -- npetcu
