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Asked: 2026-05-27T09:10:01+00:00

I’m in the middle of fixing a jQuery plugin that is compatible with jQuery

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I’m in the middle of fixing a jQuery plugin that is compatible with jQuery 1.1.3.1 and upgrading it so that it works with jQuery 1.6.2.

It has two CSS selector expressions that I assume are deprecated.

The first expression is:

$("li", _dropDownListJQuery).not("ul").not("span").not("[@dataType='optgroup']").each(

And it looks like the @datatype is no longer supported.

The second expression is:

var selectedDropDownListItemJQuery = jQuery("li[@dataValue='" + _originalElementJQuery.val() + "']");

Where 

_originalElementJQuery.val()

Returns a stringified integer (e.g. “4”).

Again it looks like the @dataValue is no longer supported.

Does anyone know any meaning preserving equivalents? Or has this plugin been forked on github?

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  1. Editorial Team

    That’s an XPath Selector. They were deprecated in jQuery 1.2, eliminated in jQuery 1.3 and moved to a plugin. See the 1.3 release notes here. Going forward, jQuery selectors mostly support the CSS-selector style.

    $("li[@dataValue='foo']") would become $("li[dataValue='foo']")

    That plugin jquery.combobox has apparently been abandoned, as there hasn’t been any further development.

    Edited with BoltClock’s correction.

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