I didn't find a way to do this yet, but I did discover a way to crash my browser:
Warning: locks up FF2 Input: <div id="id1"><p>here is</p> some text</div> jQ: $("#id1<").text() I also discovered a way to get the text of the first element: Input: <div id="id1"><p>here is</p> some text</div> jQ: $("#id1>").text() Output: "here is" ~ ~ Dave On Tue, 29 May 2007 15:48:30 -0400, DaveG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do I find the first text-node of a given DOM object? > > Input: <div><p>here is</p> some text</div> > Output: " some text" > > Input: <h1><a href="#id1"></a>Header 1</h1> > Output: "Header 1" > > ~ ~ Dave