Delegate function doesn't work with selector containing “^” in ie6-7

[zi.white <[email protected]…>]

$('body').delegate('a[href^{="#+"]','click',function(e){ e.preventDefault(); alert(123) });}

But it works in another browser. Yet, IE still working until content update

[timmywil]

Works for me. ​http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/QYCzC/ Keep in mind the + does nothing except check for the + character in the href.

[zi.white <[email protected]…>]

Replying to timmywil:

Works for me. ​http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/QYCzC/ Keep in mind the + does nothing except check for the + character in the href.

That example is not very good, because cloning event handlers making delegate function useless. Here ​http://jsfiddle.net/QYCzC/7/ I recreated my situation and bug is present.

[timmywil]

No, events are not copied by default. The event delegation still applies. The issue is not jQuery events or even selections. You are using the starts-with selector and IE6/7 edit anchor hrefs in place to include the domain. There's nothing we can do about that so I suggest using a more broad selector.