Question

I am trying to retrieve a div using ajax .get and its ID attribute. The ajax call works but it returns the full page instead of just the div of id top.

$.get(page + ' #top', function(data){
    topContent= data;
});

Page is just the url of the page eg: gridpView.php. The above code works perfectly with the .load function. I am trying to load in several div’s before I use them so load is not an option.

What am I doing wrong? Is the .get function capable of retrieving a div?

Answer 1

That sort of thing works with load but I don’t believe it works with get. You’ll need to get the whole page and then grab the part you want:

$.get(page, function(data){
    topContent=$(data).find("#top");
});