Ticket #5582 (closed bug: fixed)
jquery.is(':attribute') always returns true for attributes it doesn't know about
| Reported by: | dwt | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | 1.4 |
| Component: | selector | Version: | 1.4a2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocking: | Blocked by: |
Description
Which led me to a whild goose bug chase for the last hour.
Here's an example, to see it just run it in any browser with a console object.
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Changed 3 years ago by dwt
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comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by dwt
Ah yes, I was searching so madly, because I hat miswritten :visible as :visble....
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by dmethvin
So .is(":vsble") can return true, return false, or throw an error. What value/behavior are you proposing? At the moment there are few if any situations where jQuery intentionally throws an error back to the caller.
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by john
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
- Version changed from 1.3.2 to 1.4a2
- Component changed from unfilled to selector
Fixed, throws an exception now. http://github.com/jeresig/sizzle/commit/b719e9b7a277c0e2b10132395811574e31161a90
Please follow the bug reporting guidlines and use jsFiddle when providing test cases and demonstrations instead of pasting the code in the ticket.

showcase of the problem