How can you get an element before its added to the DOM (before append())
$('#enclosure_balance'+id).css({background:'red'})
How can you get an element before its added to the DOM (before append())
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How can you get an element before its added to the DOM (before append())
$('#enclosure_balance'+id).css({background:'red'})
As far as I know, the only way is by reference if you control or have access to the construction of it.
Reference the variable / property which contains it. Since it hasn’t been appended it’s not accessible via the DOM methods.
If you want the element to be visibly hidden just append it to a container element that has offsetting css values ( eg position absolute, top -999em, left -999em )
EDIT: There are also document fragments: http://ejohn.org/blog/dom-documentfragments/#postcomment but since they’re not in the document itself, you can’t reference the elements inside with
document.getElementByIdand such.