jquery core: closes #5186. getElementsByTagName optimization was breaking the selecto...

[jquery.git] / src / core.js

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index a7cbdc9..45eaecf 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                                        return this;
                                }
 
+                       // HANDLE: $("TAG")
+                       } else if ( !context && /^\w+$/.test( selector ) ) {
+                               this.selector = selector;
+                               selector = document.getElementsByTagName( selector );
+
                        // HANDLE: $(expr, $(...))
                        } else if ( !context || context.jquery ) {
                                return (context || rootjQuery).find( selector );
@@ -125,8 +130,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                        return rootjQuery.ready( selector );
                }
 
-               // Make sure that old selector state is passed along
-               if ( selector.selector && selector.context ) {
+               if (selector.selector !== undefined) {
                        this.selector = selector.selector;
                        this.context = selector.context;
                }