Selecting of checkboxes different under 1.4.4 and 1.5 or above

[LaySoft]

I have two checkboxes:

<input type="checkbox" id="x"/> <input type="checkbox" id="x:y"/>

under jQuery 1.4.4

$(':checkbox[id^{=x:]').attr('checked','checked');}

and

$(':checkbox[id^{=x\:]').attr('checked','checked');}

checks only second checkbox.

But under jQuery 1.5 and 1.5.1 checks both checkboxes.

[addyosmani]

#8411 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[addyosmani]

I've created a test case based on what you've provided  http://jsfiddle.net/addyosmani/28uJG/ which appears to be working fine using jQuery 1.5 and 1.5.1 in both Firefox and Chrome. 1.4.4 did have issues however we've since made additional patches to address this.

Could you confirm which browser you're attempting to test with?. If not, we may not be able to assist further and this ticket will be closed.

[LaySoft]

Sorry i forgot the browser. But something wrong with the bug tracker posting mechanism, because stripped "^{" characters from my code. Now i created a test with jsFiddle:  http://jsfiddle.net/jHgHD/ I tested it with FF 4.0b12, Chrome 9, Opera 11, IE9, and all of them produced the error.}

[LaySoft]

Sorry, stripped again :) The stripped character is caret-circumflex, ascii 94.

[dmethvin]

This seems to be working fine with both 1.5.1 and edge; both check boxes are checked on FF 3.6 and IE8/9.

[rwaldron]

Duplicate of #8229.