Question

Given a dom element:

<li id="foo+bar"></li>

I want to address that element (using jQuery if possible) and I try:

$("#foo+bar")

and I’ve also tried also escaping it:

$("#foo\+bar")

..but neither seems to work, because (I’m guessing) jQuery can’t handle the plus sign it seems. Unfortunately I don’t really have the option of changing the id value, so:

Is there a way to make jQuery get the correct dom, or how could I approach this problem?

Answer 1

Try escaping it with two backslashes.

$("#foo\\+bar")