This is exactly how I do it. I don't even append the new element until it has been fully populated or manipulated. I don't want my users to see a half way completed div if some procedure takes longer than expected.
*Matt Penner** *Database Engineer II GIS Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] (951) 940-6108 x10709 ------------------------------ *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Karl Swedberg *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2007 10:21 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: Get the element that's appended directly without using second step? You could do it like this, perhaps: var $testDiv = $("<div class='testDiv'></div>").appendTo( window.document.body); Is that what you're looking for? --Karl _________________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On Aug 20, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Jay W wrote: With the help from a few jQuery'ers, the only way to dynamically create and append element using jQuery for multiframe application is $(window.document.body).append("<div class='testDiv'></div>"); This jQuery statement returns window.document.body object. There will be quite a few elements created this way in a same document, it will be confusing to use array index to retrieve the newly created element. So the question is: if I want to get that newly created object directly, what's the correct way to do it? Thanks.
