outerHTML is an IE addition to the DOM and not supported by Firefox.
If you want to get it with jQuery just append the element to a div and
get its html():
$('<div>').append( $("table:first").clone() ).html()
On Aug 18, 4:37 pm, Jules <jwira...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use DHTML property.
>
> $("table:first")[0].outerHTML
>
> On Aug 19, 12:36 am, John <jian.fang.subscr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks, Anurag. Let me rephrase my question. For example, I can use
> > the following jQuery
> > to get the html source of a table element
>
> > $("table:first").html()
>
> > The returned html source does not include the table itself, I like to
> > see the html source starting
> > from the table, for example,
>
> > <table class="aaa">
> > ......
> > </table>
>
> > Is there any jQuery function for this? If not, how do I implement
> > this?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > John
> > On Aug 18, 2:06 am, anurag pal <mail.anurag....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi John,
>
> > > After setting the html by using html method you have to bind the DOM
> > > elements using bind method.
>
> > > Example:
> > > <script type="text/javascript">
> > > $(".pge").bind("click", function(e){
> > > var options = {};
> > > $.ajax({
> > > url: "data_retrieval.php",
> > > cache: false,
> > > type: "GET",
> > > data: ({id : this.getAttribute('id')}),
>
> > > success: function(html){
> > > $("#slacker_detail_view").html(html);
> > > $('#slacker_detail_view').show('blind', options,
> > > 1500);
> > > }
> > > });
> > > });
> > > </script>
>
> > > Regards,
> > > Anurag Pal
>
> > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:40 AM, John <jian.fang.subscr...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > How do I get back the DOM element as HTML source using jQuery? The html
> > > > () method only returns the innerHTML and it does not include the UI
> > > > element itself. But I am more interested in converting the UI element
> > > > itself to HTML.
>
> > > > Thanks in advance,
>
> > > > Jian
