jQuery Tutorial Tutorials - jQuery.escapeSelector() method

The jQuery jQuery.escapeSelector() method is used to escapes the special character in a CSS selector.

jQuery.escapeSelector() method Syntax

jQuery.escapeSelector( selector )

selector is a string containing a selector expression to escape.

jQuery.escapeSelector() method examples:

example 1

Escape an ID containing a hash.

$.escapeSelector( "#target" ); // "\#target"

example 2

Select all the elements having a class name of .box inside a div.

<div>
    <p class="box">div class="box"</p>
    <p class=".box lautturi">div class=".box lautturi"</p>
    <p class=".box">span class=".box"</p>
</div>

$( "div" ).find( "." + $.escapeSelector( ".box" ) );

result

[<p class=".box lautturi">p class=".box lautturi"</p>,
<span class=".box">span class=".box"</span>]

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