Ajax: .load() should trim its selector

Fixes #14773

Author: dmethvin

src/ajax/load.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jQuery.fn.load = function( url, params, callback ) {
 		off = url.indexOf(" ");
 
 	if ( off >= 0 ) {
-		selector = url.slice( off );
+		selector = jQuery.trim( url.slice( off ) );
 		url = url.slice( 0, off );
 	}
 

test/data/test3.html

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <div class="user">This is a user</div>
 <div class="user">This is a user</div>
 <div class="teacher">This is a teacher</div>
+<div id="superuser">This is a superuser</div>

test/unit/ajax.js

@@ -1807,6 +1807,14 @@ module( "ajax", {
 		});
 	});
 
+	// Selector should be trimmed to avoid leading spaces (#14773)
+	asyncTest( "jQuery.fn.load( URL_SELECTOR with spaces )", 1, function() {
+		jQuery("#first").load( "data/test3.html   #superuser ", function() {
+			strictEqual( jQuery( this ).children("div").length, 1, "Verify that specific elements were injected" );
+			start();
+		});
+	});
+
 	asyncTest( "jQuery.fn.load( String, Function ) - simple: inject text into DOM", 2, function() {
 		jQuery("#first").load( url("data/name.html"), function() {
 			ok( /^ERROR/.test(jQuery("#first").text()), "Check if content was injected into the DOM" );