Attribute selector not working in IE8 compatibility mode

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In IE8 with compatibility mode enabled, this selector doesn't work:

$('#ctl00_contentPagePanel_lstActivities option[selected="selected"]').text()

However this selector does work:

$('#ctl00_contentPagePanel_lstActivities option:eq[0]').text()

If I turn off compatibility mode, the first selector works fine. This indicates there is a problem with the attribute selector as defined above in comp mode.

[danheberden]

jsfiddle: ​http://jsfiddle.net/danheberden/d9Sy8/

[danheberden]

Verified IE8 compat is pulling the selected dom property instead of the selected attribute.

For your code/use, you can use option:selected to achieve a cross-browser solution.

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Thank you! The workaround fixed the problem for me.