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Opened 14 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#4139 closed bug (invalid)

Selector failing on classes starting with ampersand

Reported by: hjaven Owned by: john
Priority: minor Milestone: 1.3.2
Component: selector Version: 1.3.1
Keywords: selector Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:

Description

Selector fails on classes containing ampersand which is a leagal character according to

​http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/syndata.html

Attachments (1)

ampersand.htm​ (1.3 KB) - added by hjaven 14 years ago.
Showing selector failing on classnames containing ampersand

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Change History (2)

Changed 14 years ago by hjaven

Attachment: ampersand.htm​ added

Showing selector failing on classnames containing ampersand

comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by dmethvin

Resolution: → invalid
Status: new → closed

Thanks for the test case. You just need to escape the char: 

  alert("Matches =" + $(".my\\&Class").length); 
  alert("Matches =" + $(".\\&myClass").length);

See the note at the bottom of this page:

​http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors

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