jQuery + client-side template = “Syntax error, unrecognized expression”

Question

I just updated jQuery from 1.8.3 to 1.9, and it started crashing all of a sudden.

This is my template:

Answer 1

I guess your template is starting with a space or a tab.

You can use jQuery like that:

$($.parseHtml(modal_template_html)[1]);

or parse the string to remove spaces of the beginning:

$(modal_template_html.replace(/^[ \t]+/gm, ''));