Hm, you empty it and then append to it? wouldn't that be the same as
using .html(val)? If that is what you'd want to do, try the .text()
command:
$(this).parents("div.sidebarToDo").find("td.sidebarText").text(val)
contents of "td.sidebarText" will be replaced with val
On 2/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I want to append text to a node. I'm using this code
>
> $(this).parents("div.sidebarToDo").find("td.sidebarText").empty().append(val);
>
> but if the variable "val" contains special characters, like "<td>", that will
> mess up the rest of my tree. What is the best way to handle this?
>
> Thanks, - Dave
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