Yep, that was all it took. Thanks!
On Jan 11, 3:43 pm, "Karl Rudd" wrote:
> Try closing the tag, ie:
>
> $('#myDiv').append($(''));
>
> Actually the second $() shouldn't be needed:
>
> $('#myDiv').append('');
>
> Karl Rudd
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Joe White wrote:
>
> > I'm troubleshooting a problem where my text wasn't showing up in IE.
> > I've narrowed the problem down to creating a DOM node dynamically
> > (with $(html)) and then passing it to append(). In FireFox, append
> > will add the node as expected; but when passed a dynamically-created
> > node in IE, it does nothing. No error message is displayed; it just
> > silently fails, and no node is added to the page.
>
> > Here's a trivial example:
>
> > $('#myDiv').append($(''));
>
> > I put that code into the ready event, on a page with a div id="myDiv".
> > I also added some CSS to put a border on the h2, so I'd be able to see
> > whether it got added. Result: in FireFox, I can see the border,
> > proving that the h2 got added. In IE, nothing. No error.
>
> > If, instead, I find an existing using its selector (e.g. $
> > ('#myH2')), and append() that (instead of a dynamically-created one),
> > then IE works fine; it moves that existing element into myDiv. It
> > appears to just be when a DOM element is dynamically created with $
> > (html), and then append()ed, that there's a problem.
>
> > Full example:
>
> >
> >
> > h2{border:1px solid blue;}
> >
> >
> > $(function(){
> > $('#myDiv').append($(''));
> > });
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> > Expected behavior: when you run this, you should get a blank page with
> > a 2px-tall blue line extending across the page. (This is the border
> > around the h2.) FireFox shows this expected behavior.
>
> > Actual behavior (IE6 on Windows): you get a blank page. The status bar
> > just says "Done" like usual, and does not show that any errors
> > occurred.
>
> > Is this a bug in jQuery? Or am I misunderstanding how $(html) is meant
> > to be used?