@Thierry - Thanks, that's what I currently have, it's a shame mootools doesn't support this. Having google'd around I found the following two links that confirm it isn't possible in mootools, wish I'd found them first :o)
http://www.zachleat.com/web/2007/07/10/javascript-frameworks-and-jsf/ http://n2.nabble.com/selector-problem-using-data-nnn-structure-td1344576.html Hopefully this will be implemented in a future release as there are some excellent uses for it. Cheers On Sep 2, 5:20 pm, Thierry bela nanga <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd use filter in this case > $$('span').filter(function (el) { > > // > > > > }) > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:30 PM, atwork8 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > How do you escape characters in a selector? I can't find any info in > > the docs e.g. > > > <span class="someValue:anotherValue">I am a span</span> > > > alert($$('.someValue:anotherValue')[0].get('tag')); > > alert($$('.someValue\:anotherValue')[0].get('tag')); > > alert($$('.someValue\\:anotherValue')[0].get('tag')); > > alert($$('.someValue\3A anotherValue')[0].get('tag')); > > alert($$('.someValue\\3A anotherValue')[0].get('tag')); > > > I can't seem to get it to work with any of the above formats and it is > > a valid selection. Any help would be appreciated. > > > Thanks > > --http://tbela99.blogspot.com/ > > fax : (+33) 08 26 51 94 51
