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Escaping characters in CSS selectors.
Description
The jQuery.escapeSelector() method is used to escape characters with special meanings in a CSS selector.
The jQuery.escapeSelector() method was added in jQuery 3.0.
Syntax
| Signature | Description |
|---|---|
jQuery.escapeSelector( selector ) | A class to look for. |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
selector | A string containing a CSS or jQuery selector. | Selector |
Return
A Selector object.
jQuery.escapeSelector( selector ) ExampleTop
Escape characters with special meanings in a CSS selector.
In the example below when we press the button the text is appended to '.div1' .
$(function(){
$( "#" + $.escapeSelector( ".div1" ) ).append('We escaped the . Example 1 <br>');
$( "div" ).find( "#" + $.escapeSelector( ".div1" ) ).append('We escaped the . Example 2 <br>');
});
div1. Some initial text.
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jQuery Basic Tutorials - Lesson 10 - Working With General CSS Properties