Closed duplicate #5429 with another example.

I have fixed this bug. Here is the patch:

jQuery.getText = function ( elems ) {
	var ret = "", elem;

	for ( var i = 0; elems[i]; i++ ) {
		elem = elems[i];

		// Get the text from text nodes and CDATA nodes
		if ( elem.nodeType === 3 || elem.nodeType === 4 ) {
			ret += elem.nodeValue;
		
		// Use textContent || innerText for elements
		} else if ( elem.nodeType === 1 ) {
			if ( typeof(elem.textContent) === 'string' )
				ret += elem.textContent;
			else if ( typeof(elem.innerText) === 'string' )
				ret += elem.innerText;
			else
				ret += getText( elem.childNodes );
			
		// Traverse everything else, except comment nodes
		} else if ( elem.nodeType !== 8 ) {
			ret += getText( elem.childNodes );
		}
	}

	return ret;
}

Dave is this issue still outstanding?

#4808 is a duplicate of this ticket.

I think the dupe triggered a reopen on this one. Would still love someone to verify that this is an issue in the latest jQuery.

test case

I played with the test case a bit more, and included the getText from ioquatix:

http://jsfiddle.net/dmethvin/tptT3/

It does look like the new getText provides better results for IE.

Confirmed in bug triage, but low priority.

Update Sizzle. Fixes #3144, #6863.

Changeset: 22fcc7744daded0dc0783d85df3bd88c6dbc4544

Looking into latest version: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js

What if function argument is null or undefined ?

I suppose "safe and slower" approach does not work?

Perhaps: http://jsbin.com/uqadup/43/