That's basically the form I've developed thus far:
var img = jQuery( '<img/>' ).attr( 'src', 'image.gif' );
jQuery( '#foo' ).html( img ).prepend( '<br/>' ).append( '<br/>'
);
It just seems very inelegant contrasted with the 'normal' jQuery usage.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Hector Virgen <djvir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or you could do this:
>
> var img = << your image element wrapped in <br />s >>
> $('#foo').html(img);
>
> -Hector
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:36 AM, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:13 AM, ken <jqu...@kenman.net> wrote:
>> > I need to replace the contents of #foo.
>> >
>> > I would love to use CSS, and if I were starting anew that would be the
>> case,
>> > but unfortunately I am working on an existing application converting the
>> > plain-jane JS to jQuery. I'm simply trying to replace existing
>> functionality
>> > WITHOUT affecting the HTML because the HTML is very fragile (the
>> existing JS
>> > utilizes DOM walking exclusively, so removing/replacing nodes causes a
>> > cascade of fail).
>>
>> ok, then, how about just using a string instead of setting the attributes
>> later?
>>
>> $('#foo').html('<br /><img src="image.gif" /><br />');
>>
>
>
