Hi Dave,
Not sure where the "item" variable is coming from, but you can try
setting the variable first with .text() and then just including that
variable name in the append string.
Something like this:
var item = $('your-selector-goes-here').text();
And then, instead of $.text(item) in the append string, just use
item. So:
$(this).parents("div.sidebarToDo").find("td.sidebarText").empty
().append("<input type=\"text\" size=\"10\" class=\"editableTDItem
\" value=\"" + item + "\">");
--Karl
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On Feb 22, 2007, at 11:06 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-------Original Message-------
From: Kristinn Sigmundsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [jQuery] appending text nodes
Sent: Feb 22 '07 15:42
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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Thanks. This is what I wanted to do. One further question about
the "text" command. I'm getting a JS error when I try to implement
the following:
$(this).parents("div.sidebarToDo").find
("td.sidebarText").empty().append("<input type=\"text\" size=\"10\"
class=\"editableTDItem\" value=\"" + $.text(item) + "\">");
Your thoughts? Thanks, - Dave
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