this works, but maybe there is also an easier way out there somewhere-
$("[id='something.somethingelse']")
On Mar 24, 2:00 pm, Harald Armin Massa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> hello,
>
> I am in the process of moving to jQuery.
>
> One challenge is: many of the relevant IDs of Elements have one or
> more dots within them.
>
> I read within the FAQ that I can escape them when using the $("#some\
> \.id") selector.
>
> Is there another possible way, like $().getelementbyid("#123.123") ?
> or is there an escaping-function allready "in the wild"? Or do I have
> to come up with my own escaping function?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Harald
