[jQuery] Re: how to write the jquery syntax to select single word within an element

Thank you so much bibby for trying to answer my question so thoroughly. My call for help was in fact dictated by lack of time. I thought the solution was somehow going to be obvious, but now it see I was totally wrong. On 27 sep, 16:47, bibby wrote: > Hi rossenbere, > There's something about "te

[jQuery] Re: how to write the jquery syntax to select single word within an element

great explanation! Rather than reinvent the wheel I've used the "highlight" plugin with success. I'm sure there are probably other plugins for same purpose as well http://johannburkard.de/blog/programming/_javascript_/highlight-_javascript_-text-higlighting-jquery-plugin.html bibby wrote:

[jQuery] Re: how to write the jquery syntax to select single word within an element

Hi rossenbere, There's something about "text" that you should be aware of; text is rendered as tree nodes just like other elements, the difference being that they are unique types. ( elm.nodeType == 1 == DOM Element , elm.nodeType == 3 == TextNode ). In the example, "a div with 2 paragraphs. Eac