Name selector with a context should fallback when context doesn't support getElementsByName [jQuery 1.3 Beta 1]

[chuyeow]

I ran into this bug while testing jQuery 1.3b1:

$('input[name=foo', '#form');
=> Throws a context.getElementsByName is not a function error.

Turns out Sizzle will call getElementsByName even when there is a context argument passed to the selector, and this breaks when the context doesn't support getElementsByName. AFAIK this only works on document (i.e. no context).

I also found while fixing this bug that input[name="foo"] will NOT use the NAME selector (it falls back to the TAG-based selector).

I've a couple of patches to Sizzle that fixes these 2 bugs with tests over at my Github fork: ​http://github.com/chuyeow/sizzle/commits/context_selector_fixes (commits 19d4277 and be83e65).

I'll be generating a plain old patchfile as well in case that's more convenient :)

[chuyeow]

Allow input[name="foo"] (note the quotes) to use the name-based selector

[chuyeow]

Call getElementsByName conditionally in NAME selector

[john]

This has been landed in Sizzle and will be merged into jQuery core very soon.