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jqueryselector
Yuchi
Yuchi

Reputation: 44

jquery id selector with strange symbols \\

Who knows what this symbols \\ do in jquery selector ? Thank You!

Full code:

$("#solr\\.queryInput").attr("value", "");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1016

Answers (1)

zakhefron
zakhefron

Reputation: 1443

If you are using meta-characters ( such as !"#$%&'()*+,./:;<=>?@[]^`{|}~ ) as a literal part of a name, it must be escaped with with two backslashes.

In your case there must be any div/span with id solr.queryInput ( id="solr.queryInput")

Example

If id="foo.bar" ,then you should use $("#foo\\.bar") not $("#foo.bar")

$("#foo.bar").css({"background":"red"});

$("#foo1\\.bar1").css({"background":"red"});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="foo.bar">
Hello World
</div>

<div id="foo1.bar1">
Hello World 1
</div>

Upvotes: 3

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