A quick plugin that I think will work for you:
$.fn.orphans = function(){
var ret = [];
this.each(function(){$.each(this.childNodes, function() {if
(this.nodeType == 3) ret.push(this)})});
return $(ret);
}
You may want to test for empty text nodes though; change the if clause
to (this.nodeType == 3 && $.trim(this.nodeValue))
Danny
On Aug 28, 2:30 pm, Steven Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I develop and host wikis where users enter free-form text, and my
> server-side parsers create WISIWYG HTML from this.
>
> Of course, users can, and do, submit almost anything, and on the
> server-side I do a pretty good job of marking it up properly. But
> addressing edge-cases makes the server-side parsing increasingly
> heavy.
>
> One such edge case is islands of text that are not in any tag other
> than the global containing DIV. Like this:
>
> <div class="container">
> <h3>I am text within a tag</h3>
> I am a text island child of the "container" div wrapper. <--- My
> edge case
> <p>I am also text within a tag</p>
> </div>
>
> QUESTION: Using jQuery, how would you select orphan text inside a DIV
> in order to $.wrap() it, say, in a "<p>" tag?
>
> I'm thinking I could ask the client browsers to address some of these
> edge-cases for me.
>
> Ideas? Something like $
> (".container").textFragmentsNotInsideAnyOtherTag()
>
> **--** Steve
