IE8 jQuery .text() returns empty string

Asked Nov 13 '12 at 09:29

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I have such strings in jQuery code:

$('#global-container').text();
$('#global-container aside').text();

All browsers, including IE8, return the same non-empty string for $('#global-container').text(), but:

for $('#global-container aside').text() all browsers (but not IE8!!! why?) return non-empty string that contains many spaces and two numbers. IE8 returns only empty string. Why?

asked Nov 13 '12 at 09:29

Haradzieniec

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Could you post the other HTML code your using? – ajtrichards Nov 13 '12 at 09:30
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That's because IE 8 doesn't support HTML5, you can use this plugin http://www.code.google.com/p/html5shiv/ – Ram Nov 13 '12 at 09:30
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'aside' is not supported in IE8 – Gurpreet Singh Nov 13 '12 at 09:30
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359895/what-are-the-most-likely-causes-of-javascript-errors-in-ie8 Have a look at this.Might help you. – Kaarthik Nov 13 '12 at 10:18
Guys, thank you, I used html5shiv. Thank you for your solution. How to choose the best answer and close the question as solved, if you just commented my question? :) – Haradzieniec Nov 13 '12 at 10:20

IE8 jQuery .text() returns empty string

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