Use two backslashes before each special character.
A backslash in a jQuery selector escapes the next character. But you need
two of them because backslash is also the escape character for JavaScript
strings. The first backslash escapes the second one, giving you one actual
backslash in your string - which then escapes the next character for jQuery.
$('.first\\:\\:second')
The rules for jQuery may be slightly different than CSS, but the double
backslash should do the trick.
-Mike
> From: Keith Hughitt
>
> Does anyone know if it possible to select elements with id's
> or classname's that include colons or other similar
> characters? So far I haven't found any evidence that "::" is
> not valid as part of a CSS identifier, but have been unable
> to select elements with a class "first::second."
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
