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jQuery(): Wrap code using the code element
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<pre><code>$( "&lt;p id='test'&gt;My &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; text&lt;/p&gt;" ).appendTo( "body" );</code></pre>
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<p>For explicit parsing of a string to HTML, use the <a href="/jQuery.parseHTML/">$.parseHTML()</a> method.</p>
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<p>By default, elements are created with an <code>.ownerDocument</code> matching the document into which the jQuery library was loaded. Elements being injected into a different document should be created using that document, e.g., <code>$("&lt;p&gt;hello iframe&lt;/p&gt;", $("#myiframe").prop("contentWindow").document)</code>.</p>
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<p>If the HTML is more complex than a single tag without attributes, as it is in the above example, the actual creation of the elements is handled by the browser's <code>.innerHTML</code> mechanism. In most cases, jQuery creates a new &lt;div&gt; element and sets the innerHTML property of the element to the HTML snippet that was passed in. When the parameter has a single tag (with optional closing tag or quick-closing) — <code>$( "&lt;img&#xA0;/&gt;" )</code> or <code>$( "&lt;img&gt;" )</code>, <code>$( "&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" )</code> or <code>$( "&lt;a&gt;" )</code> — jQuery creates the element using the native JavaScript <code>.createElement()</code> function.</p>
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<p>If the HTML is more complex than a single tag without attributes, as it is in the above example, the actual creation of the elements is handled by the browser's <code>.innerHTML</code> mechanism. In most cases, jQuery creates a new <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> element and sets the <code>innerHTML</code> property of the element to the HTML snippet that was passed in. When the parameter has a single tag (with optional closing tag or quick-closing) — <code>$( "&lt;img&#xA0;/&gt;" )</code> or <code>$( "&lt;img&gt;" )</code>, <code>$( "&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" )</code> or <code>$( "&lt;a&gt;" )</code> — jQuery creates the element using the native JavaScript <code>.createElement()</code> function.</p>
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<p>When passing in complex HTML, some browsers may not generate a DOM that exactly replicates the HTML source provided. As mentioned, jQuery uses the browser's <code>.innerHTML</code> property to parse the passed HTML and insert it into the current document. During this process, some browsers filter out certain elements such as <code>&lt;html&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;title&gt;</code>, or <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> elements. As a result, the elements inserted may not be representative of the original string passed.</p>
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<p>Filtering isn't, however, limited to these tags. For example, Internet Explorer prior to version 8 will also convert all <code>href</code> properties on links to absolute URLs, and Internet Explorer prior to version 9 will not correctly handle HTML5 elements without the addition of a separate <a href="http://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/">compatibility layer</a>.</p>
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<p>To ensure cross-platform compatibility, the snippet must be well-formed. Tags that can contain other elements should be paired with a closing tag:</p>

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