Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#2068 closed bug (worksforme)
JQuery can't manipulate elements with '$' in ID
Reported by: | tIT | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | critical | Milestone: | 1.2.2 |
Component: | core | Version: | 1.2.1 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
Example:
<script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ $(document).ready(function () { alert($('#some_$ROOT')); // alerts Object $('#some_$ROOT').html('Yo!'); // does nothing }); //]]> </script> <div id="some_$ROOT"></div>}}}
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Selectors with special characters in them must be escaped. You can find more info at this FAQ: http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_element_that_has_weird_characters_in_its_ID.3F