portlet support in selectors

[ivan_ra]

Current version does not support identifiers generated for portlets. Typical element identifier in portlet is: formId:elementId:...:subelementId or formId:elementId:...:x:...:subelementId - for table elements (where x is number). Current regexp quickExpr = /^[<]*(<(.|\s)+>)[^>]*$|#([\w-]+)$/ does not recognise portlet identifiers. I suggest to add ":" symbol followed by any word in expression: quickExpr = /^[<]*(<(.|\s)+>)[^>]*$|#([\w-(:\w)]+)$/

[dmethvin]

Can you provide a url for the portlets standard?

[ivan_ra]

Sorry, its not relate only to portlets, but to every java server faces application. I did not find specification about naming in JSF, but found reference to it in JavaDoc for Apache MyFaces realization of JSF:  http://myfaces.apache.org/core12/myfaces-api/apidocs/index.html?javax/faces/component/NamingContainer.html

[ivan_ra]

You can download official JSF specifications (JSR 252) from page  http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=252 or search it on  https://javaserverfaces-spec-public.dev.java.net or maybe on  http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/. Just download PDF file and search for 'NamingContainer' or simply open section 3.2.3

My changes for quickExpr works more than 2 month in live project. Its rely only for selectors like '#componentId' where componentId can contain ':' character

[rwaldron]

 http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/elements.html#the-id-attribute

Reproduced and fixed with jQuery ID escaping from FAQ:

 http://jsfiddle.net/4EgWe/1/

I think jQuery could benefit from doing this escaping internally.

Have a look at this from the jQuery FAQ:  http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_element_by_an_ID_that_has_characters_used_in_CSS_notation.3F

[snover]

Is it not a valid CSS string if you are trying to match ID with an unescaped :. : is a reserved character in CSS meaning “pseudo-selector”. #foo:bar:baz:qoox is a selector for an element with the id foo and the pseudo-selectors bar, baz, and qoox.