Just investigated it: http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/3729
The colon is valid I think, but it's true, there are some restrictions. On Jan 14, 2:27 pm, naden <n...@naden.de> wrote: > That sucks. jQuery has no problem with $( 'a' ).attr( 'ajax:id' ); > Therefore it would be nice to use it in the selector too. > > thanks anyway have to change it. > > On 14 Jan., 14:05, "jQuery Lover" <ilovejqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Slightly :) > > > You can not have special character in your html ATTRIBUTES. > > > You should rename "ajax:id" to something else. Ex: ajax_id or ajaxId. > > > ------------- > > Read jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:16 PM, naden <n...@naden.de> wrote: > > > > Your right. The docs said: > > > > "Note: if you wish to use any of the meta-characters described above > > > as a literal part of a name, you must escape the character with two > > > backslashes (\). For example: > > > > #foo\\:bar > > > #foo\\[bar\\] > > > #foo\\.bar" > > > > and so I did. I used \\: to escape the ":" > > > > or I'm gettin you wrong?
