jquery v1.3.2 find element by attribute

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I need to find and iterate through all child elements that have specific attribute. The following code worked fine in jquery 1.2.6, but throws exception in 1.3.2

$(parentElement).find('*[@someAttributeName]').each(function(index){
    doSomething(this);
});

What is the correct way to achieve that?

score 40 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 27 '12 at 04:24

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Just get rid of the @, I believe.

$(parentElement).find('[someAttributeName]').each(function(index){
    doSomething(this);
});

From the jQuery selector docs:

Note: In jQuery 1.3 [@attr] style selectors were removed (they were previously deprecated in jQuery 1.2). Simply remove the '@' symbol from your selectors in order to make them work again.

edited Jul 27 '12 at 04:24

Joseph Silber

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answered Mar 30 '09 at 12:24

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The @ symbol was from the original XPath type selector, IIRC – alex Mar 30 '09 at 12:33
any way of finding acording to attribue equals specific value ? – Elad Benda Dec 17 '11 at 18:16
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You can use a simple `$('div[someAttributeName]').each()` to find by attribute – Jason Prawn Mar 01 '13 at 07:30
@JasonPrawn - that doesn't do exactly the same thing as the OP had in his question. – tvanfosson Mar 01 '13 at 13:26

Konstantin Tarkus · Answer 2 · 2009-03-30T12:29:26.367

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Note the "@" before the attribute name was deprecated as of version 1.2.

$(parentElement).find('*[someAttributeName]').each(function(index){
    doSomething(this);
});

Just remove it and you are good to go.

edited Mar 30 '09 at 12:29

answered Mar 30 '09 at 12:24

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 03 '12 at 10:20

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[@attribute] notation is deprecated in jQuery 1.3. Remove the @ sign and you're good to go.

edited Apr 03 '12 at 10:20

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answered Mar 30 '09 at 12:25

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 15 '12 at 05:50

ithink this is the best way to find and can change something of it

   $('.youritem').each(function(){
                          if($(this).attr('title') == 'add image')
                                           $(this).attr('id','imageuploader');

                        });

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Doesn't work for me in IE when I want to find inputs with required="".

Works when I change to required="required". Maybe other combinations also work https://stackoverflow.com/a/3012975/588759

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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