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Created September 23, 2011 14:43
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A HTML nesting problem.
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gistfile1.html
// Before:
<script>
$("td .foo input").whatever(); // worked fine
</script>
<html>
<table><!-- "legacy" HTML where <table> is used for layout/columns -->
<tr>
<td>
<!-- a lot more HTML was here -->
<table>
<tr>
<td class="foo">
<input />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html>
// Then we do a big redesign and I remove the <table> which was used for layout
<script>
$("td .foo input").whatever(); // stops working
</script>
<html>
<div>
<!-- a lot more HTML was here -->
<table>
<tr>
<td class="foo">
<input />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</html>
// DOH!
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