IE doesnt add HTML to the dom using $.append or $.html()

Question

I have a div that I'm trying to add html to. When I use a small html string it works, but when I try to add large html string nothing happens.

$("div") .html (data ) // about 1kB of html content 
$("div" ) .html() // it return empty

If I do the same with a little html code like <p></p> it works. Any suggestions?

I am using Internet Explorer 8, it works just fine in other browsers

What is the document's doctype? Is inserted HTML valid?

yedpodtrzitko
– yedpodtrzitko

2010-06-23 20:21:23 +00:00
Commented Jun 23, 2010 at 20:21 — yedpodtrzitko
– yedpodtrzitko, Commented Jun 23, 2010 at 20:21

meder omuraliev · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-23 20:18:57Z

2

How many divs are there?
Is data defined? If so what is it?
Does $('div').html('test') populate the divs?
Did you validate the huge block of html?
Did you escape the newlines?
Do any errors/exceptions get thrown? ( Firebug/Console )

If you get something like unterminated string literal then you just need to escape the newlines with \. You can also try making the variable and shorten it and see if jQuery fails at parsing it or not.

var longString = "\
<p>text</p>\
";

$('div').html(longString);

answered Jun 23, 2010 at 20:18

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evan Over a year ago

it is one div , and the data is an htmltext got from html editor when I read it by watch I can see the data

evan Over a year ago

every thing wrok fine with little data but not with some thing bigger I think broken tags is the problem but why other browsers can handle it

meder omuraliev Over a year ago

Please provide the large data/html.

Pointy Over a year ago

@evan, if it's broken HTML then the browser is under no obligation to do anything in particular with it. Different browsers definitely react differently to bad markup.

evan Over a year ago

yeah all browsers can handle that except IE , I don't know why they not start from ground developing this browser

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