[jQuery] Is there a .new() ?

[Matt Quackenbush]

Hello,

When my form is submitted, I want to add a couple of hidden form fields to
the DOM.  I know that I can accomplish the task like so:

$("#myForm").submit(function() {
   var str = "<input type='hidden' name='myname' id='myid' value='foo' />";
   $(this).append(str);
});


But that just doesn't "feel" right to me.  Is there a .new() method or
something that would allow me to create the new element and then use the
other methods (e.g. .new("input:hidden").attr("id").val("myid") ) before
doing the .append() ?  I'm not finding anything in the docs, so I'm guessing
there is not; justwanted to check.


Thanks,

Matt