Jquery text(), syntax issue?

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I have some strange comportement with my ajax request. The ajax request processes correctly, and the callback function removes a class 'invisible', that reveals a hidden div. In this div, I target an element with a "target" id. But quite strangely, when I want to add a text inside the div with an $("#target").text('hello'); most of my webpage disappears. A wrong syntax ? Any idea ?

Best, Newben

it sounds that the div has been closed in a wrong way and wraps unwanted elements. try #target {background-color: red} — Ram
– Ram, Commented Jun 27, 2012 at 23:54

Alp · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-27 23:47:57Z

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Try $("#target").html('hello');

answered Jun 27, 2012 at 23:47

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TheZ Over a year ago

@zerkms Darn jQuery always trips me up, too used to vanilla JS.

epsilones Over a year ago

Right, in fact I had in my call back function an append method that wa called after the $("#target").text('hello'), so by switching it, it works now !! But since I am really not familiar to jquery, I have another issue : "target" is an id of a p tag that corresponds to a comment. So, if I want to have a unique comment text each time the user triggers the comment button, I must do an : var target = $('.target').last(); and then $(targetting).text(comment); but it doesn't work. Anybody has an idea ?

epsilones Over a year ago

sorry i didn't precise that I changed target into a class to prevent uniqueness conflict :)

Alp Over a year ago

@Newben glad it helped. please upvote and/or accept the answer if it solved your problem. also, if you have other questions dont hesitate to create a new question :)

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