jQuery issue - # has no method

Question

I\'ve tried a veriety of jQuery plugins recently and I keep getting this error …

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… regardless of what plugin I

Answer 1

For anyone else arriving at this question:

I was performing the most simple jQuery, trying to hide an element:

('#fileselection').hide();

and I was getting the same type of error, "Uncaught TypeError: Object #fileselection has no method 'hide'

Of course, now it is obvious, but I just left off the jQuery indicator '$'. The code should have been:

$('#fileselection').hide();

This fixes the no-brainer problem. I hope this helps someone save a few minutes debugging!