Question

Here is my view source:

<input id='ctl00_cp_ctrlNew_lendeeMe' type='radio' name='ctl00$cp$ctrlNew$whoBorrowed' value='lendeeMe' /> 

And I am trying to use this selector to check one of them, but it is not working:

$('input[@id$='lendeeMe']').attr('checked','checked'); 

but if I do this, it works fine:

$('#ctl00_cp_ctrlNew_lendeeMe').attr('checked','checked'); 

That is due tot he crazy way asp.net makes controls, so I figured using the previous selector would be easier. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

What version of jQuery are you using?

Because as said here:

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.

So maybe you want to simply try:

$('input[id$='lendeeMe']').attr('checked','checked');