Christof Donat schrieb: >>> It's as if when the id selector is passed then the $ method just uses a >>> document.getElementById. >>> >> Well IDs are supposed to be unique throughout the entire document (i.e. >> there can be one and only one element in the entire document with an ID of >> "myId"), so why shouldn't it simply use document.getElementById? >> > > Well, you might whant to work with an element only if it is inside another > one, which you already have: > Unfortnuately, getElementById exists only for the document object, therefore you can't just say context.getElementById(...). I think this is the reason why jQuery can't help you there.
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