:has fails in combination with :gt

[acdha]

Assuming a list like:

<ul><li></li><li></li><li></li></ul>

expressions like jQuery("ul:has(li:gt(1)") will fail to match anything.

I was going to write a test-case but there's a nice one here which I couldn't find referenced in the bug tracker: ​http://kruisit.nl/jquerybugs/?version=nightly

There is a workaround:

jQuery("ul").has("li:gt(1)")

or

jQuery("li:gt(1)").parent()

[acdha]

Note for anyone else trying: the first workaround with .has() is not correct as it will match as long as there are more than the :gt() count elements anywhere on the entire page, not just under the selected <ul>. To get this to work reliably with jQuery 1.4.2 requires something like this:

jQuery("ul").each(function (i) { 
    if ($(this).children("li").length > 10) { 
        … 
    }
});

[Rick Waldron]

Confirmed; ​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/CS8Bm/1/

[danheberden]

Duplicate of #8720.