" It seems the problem is that jQuery cannot find elements having an ID with dots in it"
It can, but you need to read the documentation on how to get around jQuery thinking the dot means "has CSS class of" http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_element_that_has_weird_characters_in_its_ID.3F On Oct 14, 11:04 am, Tim Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First sorry for the errors in my example. Braces was a typo. Div > with name attribute was an error also. My real issue is with a select > tag. > > Anyway...while creating a sample page I have found that the problem is > different than I thought. It seems the problem is that jQuery cannot > find elements having an ID with dots in it. For example $ > ('#Foo.Bar') will not select <div id="Foo.Bar"> > > Is this by design? An issue with JS itself? > > NOTE: I am using jQuery with MS MVC, which has HTML helpers that > create tags with IDs with dots in them. WebForms replaces dot with > underscores, so I wonder if JS itself has issues with IDs with dots? > > On Oct 13, 6:46 pm, Dave Methvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As Erik says, a sample page would help. I am guessing that you may be > > using IE6/7, where getElementById returns elements that match the name > > attribute as well. Also, what doctype are you using? I don't think any > > of the common ones support a name attribute for the div element.
