jQuery upgrade makes poplight stop working

Question

I have been trying to update my website from jQuery 1.4.3 to 1.11.1 the last days and of course ran into several issues. Most of them I have fixed but I don't understand the latest error I get.

Before when I wanted to show a popup dialog I used this function

a.poplight[href=#?w=270]

But now it says

Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: a.poplight[href=#?w=270]

Anyone else have had this issue when upgrading jQuery and what might be the issue?

Most likely poplight is using deprecated jQuery methods, try upgrading to jQuery v1.8.3 before — JFK, May 12 '14 at 06:45
Should I upgrade to 1.8.3 first and the to 1.11.1? How would that help? — Joakim M, May 12 '14 at 06:46
This is an example of a plugin having issues with deprecated methods after jQuery v1.9+ http://stackoverflow.com/q/14344289/1055987 — JFK, May 12 '14 at 06:49

siraj pathan · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-12T06:51:46.603

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your are using double '=' sign in expression, it must be quoted as string
try this

a.poplight[href*='#?w=270']

edited May 12 '14 at 06:51

answered May 12 '14 at 06:46

siraj pathan

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`try this` is not an answer. Answers should teach, not just give code – Sterling Archer May 12 '14 at 06:49
i'hv made change to post – siraj pathan May 12 '14 at 06:52
Thanks, make sure you explain all your answers! – Sterling Archer May 12 '14 at 06:54
@RUJordan Don't be so fast to judge a suggestion next time even though it was a TRY. This solved my problem! – Joakim M May 12 '14 at 06:56
@JoakimM it wasn't about the code quality (to be honest I didn't know if it was right or wrong). Just because the code is right, doesn't mean it's a good answer to future googlers. It's nothing personal, it's about good quality answers. – Sterling Archer May 12 '14 at 06:59
yes, RUJordan is right. initially i didn't explained my answer correctly – siraj pathan May 12 '14 at 07:00

jQuery upgrade makes poplight stop working

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