Question

I have a div <div id="detailTable" width="100%"> in which i append different widgets sometimes other content, so in order for the jsp page not to look cumbersome, i am removing any existing elements inside detailTable and adding contents on some click. Now I want to add a jQuery accordion but it does not seem to work. Please provide a solution in this context. Thanks

Here is what i am doing to remove and add accordion in detailTable on button click

$('#detailTable').empty();
$('<div>')
.attr('id','healthCheckSpan')
.html('<div class="titleBlue">Health Check Summary</div>'+
        '<table style="border:#2F5882 1px solid;width:100%;"  cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1">'+
            '<thead>'+
                '<tr style="color :#FFFFFF;background-color: #8EA4BB">'+
                    '<th width="10%" align="center"><b>Recommendations</b></th>'+
                '</tr>'+
            '</thead>'+
            '<tbody >'+
                '<tr style="color :#2F5882;background-color: #EDF1F5">'+
                    '<td align="left" width="10%">'+
                        '<span id="recommendations">'+

'<div id="hcAccordion">'+
'<h3><a href="#">Error</a></h3>'+
'<div><p id="errorhc">ERROR'+
'</p></div>'+

'<h3><a href="#">Warning</a></h3>'+
'<div><p id="warninghc">WARNING'+
'</p></div>'+

'<h3><a href="#">Info</a></h3>'+
'<div><p id="infohc">INFO'+
'</p></div>'+
'</div>'+

'<script>$(document).ready(function(){'+
'$(function() {     $( "#hcAccordion" ).accordion();    });'+
'});</script>'+     
                        '</span>'+
                    '</td>'+
                '</tr>'+
            '</tbody>'+
        '</table>'+
    '</div>')       
.appendTo('#detailTable');

My screenshot, here i just get a supposed to be accordion but no effects at all.

Answer 1

firstly you should remove that ugly html('....blabla....'); it’s terrible…

put that in your normal html, and hide it, then copy it using clone(),

jquery

 var html_data = $('#hidden_wrapper').clone().html();
    $('#detailTable').empty();
    $('<div>')
    .attr('id','healthCheckSpan')
    .html(html_data)       
    .appendTo('#detailTable').delay(1).queue(function(){
        $( "#hcAccordion" ).accordion();
         // now do not use ID as this would change if there are multiple ones... use classes .hcAccordion unless it is once.
    });

html

<div id="hidden_wrapper">... accordion goes here...</div>