:target selector works only after document is ready

[[email protected]…]

I'm not sure this is bug (may be it's documentation issue) but ":target" selector works only in .ready() handler, i.e.

<script>
    console.log($(":target").length); // returns 0

    $(document).ready(function(){
        console.log($(":target").length); // returns 1
    });
</script>

[[email protected]…]

In this example, the target element already existed at the time of the script (i.e. <script> is the last element on the page)

[Rick Waldron]

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[[email protected]…]

Sorry guys, but as to jsFiddle the example requires hash fragment in page URL (it is possible to set "window.location.hash" property in the script, but the example works different in this case).

I've tested on the 2.x (edge) version and good results was obtained only in IE10.

If jsFiddle is absolutely necessary let's close the ticket

[gibson042]

You can create a jsFiddle and access it directly by appending "/embedded/result/" to the URL or you can link to a demonstration page somewhere else, but we do need reproducible test cases in order to analyze and fix bugs.

[m_gol]

Actually, appending /embedded/result/ doesn't help as it still adds a jsFiddle banner at the top and puts the test URL into an iframe. Appending /show/light/ works, though.

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