> jQuery.fn.find=function( selector ) {
> this.query=selector; //this is the only line you have to modify
>
> var elems = jQuery.map(this, function(elem){
> return jQuery.find( selector, elem );
> });
> return this.pushStack( /[^+>] [^+>]/.test( selector ) ||
> selector.indexOf("..") > -1 ?
> jQuery.unique( elems ) : elems );
>
> }
>
> Now you can get the query string:
> $('body .class').prevObject.query //->'body .class'
> $('body').find('.class').prevObject.prevObject.query //->'body'
> but
> $('#id').prevObject.query //->undefined
> $().find('#id').prevObject.query //->'#id'
here is the final tweak,
(after adding this modified find method)
query = (this.prevObject && this.prevObject.query) || this[0];
I strongly believe that such property should be added to the main
distro of jQuery.
After all, the idea of find-and-modify approach - one of jQuery
fundamentals.
