jQuery Colons in "id" tags give jQuery fits

[Fumigator]

I was using an id name of "TEST:002:INPUT" on an entry field, which is technically valid, but I could not pull the value of the entry field using $("#TEST:002:INPUT").val(); -- was just returning "undefined". Once I changed the colons to underlines, I was able to pull the value with no problem.

It only took me 2 hours to figure out what the problem was

[Iszak]

You need to escape the colon by using a double backslash.

E.g.

$('#TEST\\:002\\:INPUT').val();

Or simply use underscores like you did, but why compromise!

[Fumigator]

Well dang I should have tried that, once I figured out the colons were a problem. By then, I just wanted the stupid thing to work so I was happy to just switch to underlines! But thanks for the tip