Why can't I target the image element using jQuery

Question

I am trying to add jQuery to work with my web site and this is my first excursion into jQuery. For some reason, I just can\'t get it to work and I am unsure of why. There ar

Answer 1

Remove # from id attribute of input

Change

 <input type="file" id="#Image1">

To

 <input type="file" id="Image1">

OR

Use \\ to escape #

 $("#\\#Image1").change(function () {
    alert("triggered");
 });

Fiddle DEMO

From Docs

To use any of the meta-characters ( such as !"#$%&'()*+,./:;<=>?@[]^`{|}~ ) as a literal part of a name, it must be escaped with with two backslashes: \\.