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T.J. Crowder
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I can't seem to get variables working within selectors in jQuery. This is a really simple but annoying bug! See this jsFiddle for an example:

The following does not work:

var folder_id = "folder"; $("#selects select[name='" + folder_id + "']").append('<span>Hi></span>');

Markup:

<div id="selects"> <select name="folder_id"> <option>hey</option> </select> </div>​

I can't seem to get variables working within selectors in jQuery. This is a really simple but annoying bug! See this jsFiddle for an example:

The following does not work:

var folder_id = "folder"; $("#selects select[name='" + folder_id + "']").append('<span>Hi></span>');

I can't seem to get variables working within selectors in jQuery. This is a really simple but annoying bug! See this jsFiddle for an example:

The following does not work:

var folder_id = "folder"; $("#selects select[name='" + folder_id + "']").append('<span>Hi></span>');

Markup:

<div id="selects"> <select name="folder_id"> <option>hey</option> </select> </div>​
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Variable in selector jQuery

I can't seem to get variables working within selectors in jQuery. This is a really simple but annoying bug! See this jsFiddle for an example:

The following does not work:

var folder_id = "folder"; $("#selects select[name='" + folder_id + "']").append('<span>Hi></span>');