---
title: "Important: #79221 - Use $ instead of TYPO3.jQuery"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:important-79221"
source: "Changelog/8.6/Important-79221-UseGlobalsDollarInsteadOfTYPO3jQuery.rst"
typo3-version: "8.6"
typo3-major: 8
type: "important"
issue: 79221
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/79221"
tags: ["JavaScript", "TypoScript"]
rendered: "2026-09-18T17:00:34+00:00"
---

# Important: #79221 - Use $ instead of TYPO3.jQuery {#important-79221}

See [forge#79221](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/79221)

## Description {#description}

The TYPO3 Core uses jQuery in the TYPO3 Backend with a default namespace of `TYPO3.jQuery` and `jQuery` in the global object
namespace, and is now also available as global `$` when no other namespace is given. This was not possible before due to conflicts with
prototype.js.

If using the shipped jQuery code in the Frontend explicitly via `page.javascriptLibs.jQuery.noConflict.namespace = default` then the
global `$` is also available in frontend scripts.