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In jquery 1.4.2 this was a valid selector:
$('input[name=test[0]]')
in jquery 1.6.2 it is not a valid selector, the docs state to escape special characters with \.
my question is, in what version did this happen, and can someone provide a link to a discussion of this change?
The selector you posted does not work in jQuery 1.4.4, but does work in 1.4.2
See here for complete tests: http://jsfiddle.net/YPd4J/
Summary:
input[name=test[0]]error in 1.6.2, doesn’t work in 1.4.4, works in 1.4.2input[name="test[0]"]works in all versionsinput[name=test\\[0\\]]works in 1.6.2 & 1.4.2, not in 1.4.4input[name="test\\[0\\]"]works in all versionsI can remember the advise regarding escaping meta-characters been in the documentation as long as I can remember (and I’ve been using jQuery since 1.3.x)… maybe it was never officially supported, but just happened to work.
Edit: Did the tests for 1.4.4, and then saw you actually wrote 1.4.2… tests updated 😛