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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:06:35+00:00

I have setup some code on JSFiddle. The jQuery :contains selector works fine in

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I have setup some code on JSFiddle. The jQuery :contains selector works fine in Firefox, Safari and Chrome but not in Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9.

The working code is located here.

http://jsfiddle.net/2nhUt/18/

I made the XML a variable for display purposes, but when the JSFiddle is opened in IE the Result doesn’t show up. I have read a lot where people have the :contains selctor working in IE, and I am not sure what the issue is.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As alex mentioned in the comments putting & in xml is not valid. Replacing that with & in both cases in the string works fine in IE8.

    Oh, and in your html there was an extra </div> caused by a <div/></div> in the middle somewhere.

    I also threw in a parseXML since I’m assuming your GET returns the datatype as XML.

    Forked jsfiddle that works in IE8.

    Here is a XML validator – I just popped that in and it points to the & (i thought at first there was nesting issues).

    If you can’t control the source, you might do a quick regex to fix it (not suggested).

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