Escape jQuery identifiers #1796
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If you have an identifier with a . character in it, for example, <input id="name.first" /> jQuery will try to find an element with id "name" and class "first". This is unexpected behavior. In this case, the "." must be escaped with a backslash.
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If we're going to fix this, should we fix it for all of the meta characters where this is a problem? This SO entry has some good info on the problem. I think using this is probably the best way to go: |
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Good call. I'll update my local env and test a little bit. If it looks good there, I'll update the pr. |
Instead of trying to escape id selectors, use document.getElementById
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quick question, why is this marked for 3.1 and not for the next RC? |
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IIRC, it's not a regression, so there was no reason to hold up a 3.0 final release for it (this was opened after th RC cycle began). |
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ok, and I imagine we don't want to add it now to the next RC in case of a regression caused by this fix, right? (because there will be another RC to handle that one js bug we still have) |
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Right. Basically I think the RCs should be frozen to forward development; we should only fix regressions. |
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Soo I think we can move forward on this. @eltimn it sounds like you had a look here? We good to go? |
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Yes. Looks good. |
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All in then! |
As discussed on the forum.
See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/liftweb/jorUqMmCLDQ