I'm a little confused; you've said ".filter() doesn't work against
text nodes (they're immediately removed)" but then you suggest
accessing text nodes by using .filter?
On Feb 20, 11:39 am, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote:
> .not() and .filter() don't work against text nodes (they're
> immediately removed). If you wish to just get the text nodes you can
> do:
>
> $("p").contents().filter(function(){ return this.nodeType !== 1; })
>
> Although, it sounds like you're trying to do this instead:
>
> $("p").wrapInner("<b></b>");
>
> --John
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM, David <david.kar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > According to the documentation, .contents() should "Find all the child
> > nodes inside the matched elements (including text nodes)". However,
> > in the example given there, when the jquery
> > $("p").contents().not("[nodeType=1]").wrap("<b/>")
> > is applied to the content
> > <p>Hello <a href="http://ejohn.org/";>John</a>, how are you doing?</
> > p>
> > only the text "John" is made bold---in other words, jquery is failing
> > to select the text nodes containing "Hello" and ", how are you doing"
>
> > Since I would very much like to be able to select the text nodes, can
> > someone explain what is going on here?
>
> > Thanks
> > David
