You might try:
$("#myElement").remove().after("<div>new element<\/div>");
It would be nice to have a replaceWith method and a wrapInner method
in the core as I've found I need to be able to do this on a regular
basis.
FWIW,
Shane
On 1/31/07, George Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Despite having used JQuery for some time and also written plugins, I've never
> discovered a good way to replace one element with another.
>
> Just need something like: $("#myElement").replaceWith("<div>new
> element</div>")
>
> Depending on the circumstances I usually find I have to resort to DOM
> methods or if myElement has no siblings then I can use
> .parent().html("...").
>
> Any thoughts? Am I missing something?!
>
> Cheers
>
> George
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