thank you Mike !
Now, i don't actually want to display the loaded content, just need to
traverse it, and generate a submenu (one <a> element per <h3> element
found, using the h3 element attributes). Can i actually load it inside
a variable?
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> say i have a html file containing a #viewPort div, with a series of
>> divs each containing an h4 tag.
>>
>> If the file was not external, i would simply select what i need like this:
>>
>> $('#dsViewport h3');
>>
>> Now, it is an external file, so my question is: is it possible to
>> load this file via $.load("myfile.php#dsViewport h3"); or is the
>> syntax different, or not possible at all ?
>>
>> Thank you for your insight,
>>
>> Alexandre
>
> I believe the syntax you need is this:
>
> $('#someElement').load("myfile.php #dsViewport h3");
>
> The first space delimits the url. Everything after that is a
> selector.
>
>
