Um, I realise this is probably a stupid question but has the named DIV
actually been added into the DOM at the time you do the jQuery lookup
on it?
(I know you've said that it displays on the page, but you don't show
what is actually being done to it to get it there)
On Apr 10, 6:41 pm, OhNoMrBill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bouncing this one up. Getting kind of urgent. Can anyone tell me what
> the requirements are for accessing an element delivered in an HTML
> partial?
>
> All I am trying to do is attach an onclick to an href...after it comes
> down from the server.
>
> On Apr 10, 6:47 am, OhNoMrBill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > That is a bit cryptic, what do you mean by completed? The AJAX call
> > does successfully fire the call back for success.
>
> > It is after this call back completes, that a "scrubber" function is
> > called on the newly arrived div. Which, we are told is undefined.
>
> > So, the question is why would a div that displays in the browser not
> > be available by a reference such as:
>
> > alert($("#MyDiv").html()); or alert($("#MyDiv").text());
>
> > On Apr 9, 9:36 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Is this an ajax call? 90% of these questions seem to come down to the
> > > call not being completed.
>
> > > On Apr 10, 1:38 pm, OhNoMrBill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Yup, agreed. Tried that method too. Both return undefined. Any other
> > > > thoughts on why the div and/or it's contents are not showing up in the
> > > > DOM?
>
> > > > On Apr 9, 4:49 pm, Wizzud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Your div does not actually contain any HTML, just text.
> > > > > Try ...
> > > > > alert($("#MyDiv").text());
>
> > > > > On Apr 9, 8:39 pm, OhNoMrBill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I have an HTML partial coming back from a server that includes a
> > > > > > named
> > > > > > div (ex: <div id="MyDiv">blah</div>)
>
> > > > > > When I try to run the following on it, it shows the div as empty:
>
> > > > > > alert($("#MyDiv").html());
>
> > > > > > I suspect the DOM is not aware of the retuned div (though, why it
> > > > > > displays is then a huge mystery).
>
> > > > > > Can anyone clarify this for me? Maybe tell me how to tap the DOM on
> > > > > > the shoulder with the newly returned div?
>
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