How To Match Long ID Strings Using JQuery

Author: , August 19th, 2011

Ran into an odd issue matching the id attribute in jQuery when it is extra-long. Seems like the syntax: jQuery(‘#LongIDNameGoesHere’) doesn’t match long ID’s, when the syntax: jQuery(‘[id^=LongIDNameGoesHere]’) does match correctly. Not entirely sure yet why this is, but figured it is best to document the facts as I found them…