How do I select an element with special characters in the ID?

Question

I have a page with a grid containing a lot if input with \"strange names\" to simulate an array:

Answer 1

The problem is that brackets have special meaning in CSS (as attribute selectors) and dots do too, as class selectors. Try $.escapeSelector:

$('#' + $.escapeSelector('Punteggi[@counter].Descrizione'))

This will escape the selector so the special characters don't affect the selection. You could also try using an attribute selector and wrapping that in quotes:

$('[id="Punteggi[@counter].Descrizione"]')

This will literally match that ID and won't treat any of the special characters as special characters.