I feel like i should provide more insight. That was rather vague. An ID
could be labelled "a.b:c" and referenced in your style sheet as #a.b:c but
as well as being the id of an element, it could mean:
id "a", class "b", pseudo-selector "c".
Best to avoid the confusion and stay away from using . and : altogether.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.r...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Instead of changing the way the core works... and potentially causing
> breakage to existing code - perhaps you might try rewriting your selector
> statement with escaped periods.
>
> This question caused me to read a bunch regarding valid id's from one html
> spec to another, and then double back to css selector specs. Apparently,
> they didn't compare notes...
>
> Rick
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Mona Remlawi <mona.reml...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> You've guessed it, it's unfeasible, the amount of effort that takes
>> makes my head hurt :)
>> Anyway, i found the little bug in prototype (hooray!).
>>
>> IE8 and FF3 have their selectors go into 'selectorsAPI' mode, now into
>> some debugging (version: 1.6.0.3)
>> <<
>> 2723: this.mode = 'selectorsAPI';
>> ...
>> 2823: findElements: function(root) {
>> ...
>> 2837: case 'selectorsAPI':
>> ...
>> 2842: var oldId = root.id, id = $(root).identify();
>> 2843: e = "#" + id + " " + e;
>> alert(e) // you'll see how the dots are confusing
>> the selector for classnames ...
>> >>
>>
>> Now for a fix, i changed the following line in Element#identify
>> <<
>> 1782: if (id) return id.replace(/\./g, '\\.');
>> >>
>> to escape the dots.
>>
>> with that, the unit test will succeed.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is the best way to go around it, or if there is
>> another chars for escaping, so it's in your hands now.
>>
>> Waiting for the feedback and hopefully a patch :)
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> --
>> mona
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Richard
>> Quadling<rquadl...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 2009/7/20 Mona Remlawi <mona.reml...@gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> Hello prototypers,
>> >>
>> >> I'm getting a basic error (in selectors) in *IE8/FF3* and don't think
>> >> anyone has reported it yet -- or maybe did, i searched but not
>> >> extensively.
>> >> The problem is that the Element#selector fails when invoked on an
>> >> Element that has a '.' in its id.
>> >> I've put a small unit test on pastie, you just need to get a copy of
>> >> unittest.js from scriptaculous (and test.css if you like colors :) )
>> >> http://pastie.org/552134
>> >>
>> >> Tested with both version#1.6.0.3 and version#1.6.1RC#3 with the same
>> results.
>> >>
>> >> Any help is greatly appreciated, I'm trying to debug on my own but
>> >> doubt i'll reach somewhere.
>> >>
>> >> cheers
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> mona
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> > I don't know how feasible it it, but maybe globally changing your IDs
>> > to use "_" rather than "." would be a quick and easy fix.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > -----
>> > Richard Quadling
>> > Zend Certified Engineer :
>> http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
>> > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"
>> > ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> >>
>>
>
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