Thanks. I incorporated your suggestion ... this is where item was coming from
var item = $(this).parents("div.sidebarToDo").find("td.sidebarText").text();
Things work great. - Dave
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [jQuery] appending text nodes
> Sent: Feb 22 '07 16:17
>
> 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, <[LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Kristinn Sigmundsson <[LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [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, [LINK: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[LINK: mailto:[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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