On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:13 AM, ken <jqu...@kenman.net> wrote:
> I need to replace the contents of #foo.
>
> I would love to use CSS, and if I were starting anew that would be the case,
> but unfortunately I am working on an existing application converting the
> plain-jane JS to jQuery. I'm simply trying to replace existing functionality
> WITHOUT affecting the HTML because the HTML is very fragile (the existing JS
> utilizes DOM walking exclusively, so removing/replacing nodes causes a
> cascade of fail).
ok, then, how about just using a string instead of setting the attributes later?
$('#foo').html('<br /><img src="image.gif" /><br />');
