On Oct 2, 11:42 am, Dave Methvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/is#expr > "If no element fits, or the expression is not valid, then the response > will be 'false'. Note: Only simple expressions are supported. Complex > expressions, such as those containing hierarchy selectors (such as +, > ~, and >) will always return 'true'.
Is there a reason, internally, why it would always return true instead of false? It would seem to make much more sense to return false for complex selectors. Or, preferably, if it's a complex selector evaluate it globally, then check to see if the item to be matched is contained within the results. This would be slow in some cases, for sure, but would probably behave as many people expect. It seems like the behavior of .is() confuses a lot of people when they first use it (myself included). Matt Kruse
