Selection of input value doesn't work in all browsers

[azoapes]

Here's a full example of the issue. Works in IE 8. Doesn't in Firefox. ​http://jsbin.com/apopi3

[azoapes]

Here's a full example of the issue. Works in IE 8. Doesn't in Firefox. ​http://jsbin.com/apopi3/3

[azoapes]

Why does :text[value="X"] and input[value="X"] produce different results? ​http://jsbin.com/apopi3/4/

[addyosmani]

I believe there may have been some issue with the way you originally coded up your test case.

I've simplified it down to the following which evaluates whether the input was correctly selected using either

input[value='X'] :text[value="X"]

In FireFox this is correctly outputting a length of 1 for each of the tests. The same is observed in Google Chrome and Safari.

Live Test Example: ​http://jsfiddle.net/tn4rz/3/