[jQuery] Re: Can't select an id containing '/' ?
> Just wondering if this is a bug, or me using a html id attribute in a
> manner not allowed?
Although jQuery will let you escape some of the characters, the W3C
says:
ID and NAME tokens must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be
followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens ("-"),
underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and periods (".").
So, a forward slash isn't a valid character in an ID attribute.
[jQuery] Re: Can't select an id containing '/' ?
You have to escape special characters with a double backslash:
$('#\\/about\\/')
On Feb 2, 4:35 am, starmonkey wrote:
> Using jQuery 1.2.6, it would seem that any id containing a forward
> slash cannot be selected using jQuery's syntax:
>
> testing blah
> testing about
> testing about2
> testing about3
>
> $('#/about/') <- jQuery obj with length=0 returned
> $('#/about2') <- jQuery obj with length=0 returned
> $('#about3/') <- jQuery obj with length=0 returned
> $('#blah') <- works
>
> Just wondering if this is a bug, or me using a html id attribute in a
> manner not allowed?
>
> cheers,
> SM
[jQuery] Re: Can't select an id containing '/' ?
http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_element_that_has_weird_characters_in_its_ID.3F
This is what you're looking for...
$('#\\/about\\/')
