[jQuery] Re: changing content for span tag on the fly

[Karl Swedberg]

Or, if you know that you'll be using just text (no html tags), you  
could do this:

$("#scrollStats").text("someting");


--Karl
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On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Bhaarat Sharma wrote:


*dope*

$("#scrollStats").html("someting");

that works.

...should visit the api's more often...

On Jan 30, 10:55 am, Bhaarat Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi

Can someone please tell me how i can change the text between span  
tags
on the fly using jQuery

I have tag like this

<span id="scrollStats" style="font-size: 70%; width: 80px;  text-
align: center; position: absolute; bottom: 392px; left: 15px;"></ 
span>

i have tried these but none seem to work

$("#scrollStats").val("im here!!");

$("#scrollStats").setText("works?");

Thanks!