Test case for jQuery Ticket 8021
context based find with dot in id
by jitter
HTML
<button type="text" onclick="test()">Press to test</button>
<div id="Dotted.Id" style="border: 2px solid red">
<p class="test">Test</p>
</div>
<div id="UndottedId" style="border: 2px solid black">
<p class="test">Test</p>
</div>
JavaScript
var dotted = document.getElementById("Dotted.Id"),
undotted = document.getElementById("UndottedId");
alert($(".test", dotted).length + " vs " + $(".test", undotted).length);