Can't Select Attribute Values Containing Closing Square Bracket ]

[nickretallack]

Try it yourself. Add this element to a page: <input type="text" name="foo[bar]" />

Then try to select it by name: $('[name=foo[bar]]')

You get nothing, even if you try to escape it: $('[name=foo\[bar\]]'); $('[name=foo
[bar
]]')

Playing around a little more shows that it's just the closing square brackets that break it, since $("[name*=foo[bar]") works.

Clearly it's parsing the first ] it sees as the end of the attribute selector. Any chance you guys can beef up the parser to handle this special case?

[flesler]

​http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_element_that_has_weird_characters_in_its_ID.3F

[posaune02]

I have read the FAQ regarding this issue, and still I am experiencing this same defect. Granted, the following are both invalid and will not function as intended: $('[name=foo[bar]]'); and $('[name=foo\[bar\]]');

However, according to the FAQ, the following should work: $('[name=foo
[bar
]]');

It does not function as described in the FAQ.

[flesler]

Indeed, you're right.

Posted this ​here.

Thanks

[omegasharp]

$('input[name="foo[bar][blah]"]') works for both IE8 and FF3.5.8

However, I have a dropdown list, then: $('select[name="foo[bar][blah]"]') works for IE8 but not for FF3.5.8. Escape with
[
] does not work either. Also tried and not working in FF (since it's a select tag): $('[name="foo[bar][blah]"]')

[omegasharp]

Sorry for the false alarm. It was other issues... Please close the ticket (delete my comments if possible).