Ralph is correct, as jQuery uses the colon as a prefix for selector
filters like :hidden and :last. To fix, you can just pass in the raw
node like this:
jQuery(document.getElementById( actual element ID))
which will return the wrapped set. Cheers.
On Jul 8, 3:47 pm, Ralph Whitbeck <ralph.whitb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not a problem with Prototype and it being mixed cause you get the same
> problem if you just isolate it to just a page with jQuery.
>
> The problem seems to be an invalid ID name. I was able to get a match when
> I took :: out of the ID name.
>
> Ralph
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagr...@d.umn.edu> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
>
> > I am attempting to use jQuery in a Prototype environment (Request
> > Tracker RT3.8).
> > My ready handler is working, but my first attempt at establishing a
> > wrapped set is not working.
>
> > Some snippets:
>
> > jQuery.noConflict();
>
> > jQuery(document).ready(function() {
> > set_max_length('Object-RT::Ticket--CustomField-29-Value', 4);
> > }
>
> > function set_max_length(id, max_length) {
> > alert("There are " + jQuery('#' + id).size() + " elements in the
> > wrapped set.");
> > }
>
> > My alert message comes back with 0 (zero) elements in the wrapped set.
> > There is an input element with id = 'Object-RT::Ticket--CustomField-29-
> > Value' in the DOM. Am I missing anything?
>
> > Thanks for the help,
>
> > -Matt Zagrabelny
