> $("htmlstring") converts the HTML to DOM elements using the innerHTML > property of a <div> element. That won't work if the string is an entire > document, since an <html> element can't be a child of a <div> element.
True, that you won't get a full HTML document out, but with a little pre-parsing you can at least get the very useful contents of the <body> which is why I created the following method: // Turns `$.get`/`$.ajax` responseText HTML document source into a DOM tree, // wrapped in a `<div/>` element for easy `.find()`ing // Stripping out all nasty `<script>`s and such things. getResultBody: function(responseText) { //return $('<body/>').append( // <-- this seems to cause crashes in IE8. (Note: Crash doesn't seem to happen on first run) return $('<div/>').append( $(responseText||[]) .not('script,title,meta,link,style') .find('script,style') .remove() .end() ); }, Ajax loading whole documents is *the* way to go, when "hijaxing" ordinary <a href=""> links - for true, unobtrusive progressive enhancements to websites. -- Már -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=.