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Ticket #6104 (closed bug: invalid)
Child-selector work incorrectly
| Reported by: | Octane | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | low | Milestone: | 1.4 |
| Component: | selector | Version: | 1.4 |
| Keywords: | selector | Cc: | |
| Blocking: | Blocked by: |
Description
<body>
····<span>
········<strong>
············<span><!-- If this <span> does not exist, then the <a> will be found. -->
················<em>
····················<a href="#">a</a>
················</em>
············</span>
········</strong>
····</span>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert($("body > span a").size()); 0 — elements not found!
</script>
</body>
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Tested the above in the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, FireFox and IE. The output in each is 1 not 0. It's possible that the original submission may have been using an older version of jQuery.
Live test case: http://jsfiddle.net/DbTvy/
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