$("</li>").appendTo("#myList").html("Please show up");
the one you used those should also work tho. > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:18:57 -0700 > Subject: [jQuery] add <li> to <ul> > From: elsch...@googlemail.com > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > > Hi there, > I am probably trying the most basic example and failed in my attemps > so far. I would like to add new <li>´s to an existing <ul> with > jQuery. What I am trying to do: > > in my script: > ... > $('#myList').append('<li>pleeeeease show up</li>'); > ... > > in my HTML: > ... > <ul id="myList" title="someTitle" selected="true"> > <li><a href="#internalLink">existing link</a></li> > </ul> > ... > > But although I ask really nicely, the new li will never show up. The > "home" ul is found correctly by jQuery and I can output it´s contents. > > What am I doing wrong? > Thanks a lot! _________________________________________________________________ Twice the fun—Share photos while you chat with Windows Live Messenger. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/windowslive/products/messenger.aspx