So... did you pull this off?
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Ariel Flesler
http://flesler.blogspot.com/
On Aug 21, 5:53 pm, webrocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> On 21 Aug., 22:11, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It isn't possible to insert tags, or partial tags, into the DOM. All you can
> > insert into the DOM is DOM nodes, which by definition always follow the
> > proper tree structure.
> > '<ul></ul>' is a complete tag with begin and end, and $('<ul></ul>') results
> > in a UL element which you can insert into the DOM.
> > '</ul><ul>' is fragments of two different tags. There is no way to represent
> > this as a DOM element, but the browser will do its best to turn it into one
> > - and it will certainly not do what you expect.
>
> Thanks a million for this eye-opener! I should have known, but somehow
> the DOM-Element vs. the CONTENT of an element (ie the difference
> between '<aaa>' and 'aaa') completly went off my radar while I was
> looking for a solution. :-)
>
> - Tom
