[jQuery] Re: Question about :contains filter

[nabrown78]

Thanks Ca-Phun Ung, I tried your suggestion, as you're quite right the
apostrophe I was using before was the wrong one. But no luck! I tried
this:
                        $("li:contains(ladies’ short-sleeve 
tee)").addClass("selected");

If I change the source to just "ladies' short-sleeve tee" and then
use
                        $("li:contains(ladies\' short-sleeve 
tee)").addClass("selected");

It does work, but since it's coming out of a CMS I really don't have
that option. I'm totally baffled. I also tried "escape()"-ing and
"encodeURI()"-ing the apostrophe and that didn't work either. I wonder
if there's a wild-card character I can just stick in there instead?

Thanks,
Nora


On Sep 5, 12:16 pm, Ca-Phun Ung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> nabrown78 wrote:
> > I am trying to select a list element that contains the text
> > "ladies&#8217; short-sleeve tee". I have tried
>
> > $("li:contains(ladies' short-sleeve tee)").addClass("selected");
> > $("li:contains('ladies\' short-sleeve tee')").addClass("selected");
> > $("li:contains(ladies&#8217; short-sleeve tee)").addClass("selected");
> >  and
> > $("li:contains(ladies%27 short-sleeve tee)").addClass("selected");
>
> Try this (hope the apostrophe renders correctly when it gets to your end):
>
> $('li:contains("ladies’ short-sleeve tee")').addClass("selected");
>
> Explanation:
>
> &#8217; = &rsquo; = ’ != '