var entry = $('#userlist > li").clone();
$('stuff',entry)... | $(entry).find('stuff')...
$(entry).appendTo('#userlist')
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Adomatic <adobi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm just starting to play with jQuery and, like everyone before me,
> I'm amazed by it's power.
>
> In short, my question is about cloning an object, manipulating it in
> multiple steps and and then appending it to a list.
>
> I have an li on my page containing several divs (a user avatar and a
> couple lines of text). I wanted to clone that item (rather than
> building a whole lot of HTML in strings), change the avatar URL and
> some of the text then append the new object to a list.
>
> I see that I can do this:
> var entry = $("#userlist > li").clone();
> $(entry).appendTo("#userlist");
>
> However, entry has several divs that I'd like to manipulate between
> cloning and appending. Is there a way to use selectors to get those
> divs, manipulate them within "entry"?
>
> Entry is a jQuery so I thought I could do something like entry
> (".avatar")... or something but that's not right.
>
> Your guidance would be appreciated!
>
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