From 1956146787d686f5771ae51f7b96f3a3ad62ce09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Methvin <dave.methvin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:29:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] alert: Avoid calling jQuery('#'), it's a syntax error in
 jQuery 3.0 (#20019)

---
 js/alert.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/alert.js b/js/alert.js
index 807f23d7568e..79b15552b796 100644
--- a/js/alert.js
+++ b/js/alert.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       selector = selector && selector.replace(/.*(?=#[^\s]*$)/, '') // strip for ie7
     }
 
-    var $parent = $(selector)
+    var $parent = $(selector === '#' ? [] : selector)
 
     if (e) e.preventDefault()