Disallows global selectors which search the whole document. Encourages users to keep references to DOM nodes in memory, instead of selecting them from the DOM each time. Use the allowIds option to allow single ID selectors.
❌ Examples of incorrect code:
$( 'div' );
$( '#id' );
$( '.selector' );
$( '.selector > .child' );
$( '.selector', '.context' );
$( '.selector', '' );
$( '.selector', null );
$( '.selector', undefined );
$( '.selector', $( '.context' ) );✔️ Examples of correct code:
$( '<div>' );
$( '<div attr=val>' );
$( '<div>', { attr: 'val' } );
$( ' \t<div attr = val> \n' );
$( context ).find( '.selector' );
$( '.selector', context );
$( '.selector', '#' );
$( '.selector', [] );
$( function () {} );
$( variable );
$( [] );
$( '' );
$( null );
$( undefined );
$( false );
$( '#' );❌ Examples of incorrect code with [{"allowIds":true}] options:
$( '#id>div' );
$( '#id~div' );
$( '#id div' );✔️ Examples of correct code with [{"allowIds":true}] options:
$( '#id' );
$( '#id-foo_bar1' );