Opened 10 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
#13418 closed bug (duplicate)
jQuery selector $() throws 'unrecognized expression', when creating a DOM element with spaces in front
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Priority: | undecided | Milestone: | None |
Component: | unfiled | Version: | 1.9.0 |
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Description
Example:
jQuery 1.9.x
> $('<span />'); [<span></span>] > $(' <span />'); Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: <span />
jQuery 1.8.x
> $('<span />'); [<span></span>] > $(' <span />'); [<span></span>]
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Duplicate of #13223.
http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#jquery-htmlstring-versus-jquery-selectorstring
Use the jQuery Migrate plugin if you need it.