*From jQuery site: Note:* In jQuery 1.3 [...@attr] style selectors were removed (they were previously deprecated in jQuery 1.2). Simply remove the '@' symbol from your selectors in order to make them work again.
Remove the @ from your code to make work. ([Exception... "'Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [...@type=checkbox]) On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 02:14, Pink Pig <b...@grandcentralapartments.com>wrote: > > In my HTML, I have the following snippet: > > <li class='cityVillage'><input type='checkbox' name='area' > value='Allston' id='city2'><strong>Allston<span class='citycount'> (56) > </span></strong><span class='expandVillages'>+ / -</span></li><ul > class='CityMultiple'>...</ul> > > (This is all on one line in the actual application -- it comes from > code generated by a PHP program.) > > and in my JS, I also have the following: > > $("* .expandVillages").mousedown(function () { > $(this).parent().next().toggle(); > return false; > }); > > When I click the '+/-' inside the SPAN tag, I get the following error > message from Firebug: > > [Exception... "'Syntax error, unrecognized expression: > [...@type=checkbox]' when calling method: > [nsIDOMEventListener::handleEvent]" nsresult: "0x8057001e > (NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)" location: "<unknown>" data: no] > > Some context: The HTML is loaded dynamically via the 'load()' > function, and the mousedown handler is invoked from the callback > function of load(). The strange-looking "* .expandVillages" is there > because when I wrote it as the more normal ".expandVillages", clicking > on the "+/-" did nothing at all. > > I've been using Jquery 1.2.6 for a while without problem. I want to > upgrade to 1.3.2 so that I can take advantage of other updates, but > this is posing a major obstacle. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---