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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:27:46+00:00

I have been making a threaded comment system as a way to learn php

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I have been making a threaded comment system as a way to learn php and javascript/jquery properly. Ive done bits and bobs in the past but ive made a new years resolution to learn it properly.

Im having trouble inserting a reply form into the comment tree below the comment being replied to. I know this is probably pretty basic but how do you insert html into a page when someone clicks a link.

This code wasn’t working for me:

$(document).ready(function(){     $(function() {         $('a#reply').click(function() {              $(this).append('the html blah');              });     });  });

Anyone see where im going wrong?

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  1. If none of the other suggestions are working, it could be your selector for the link is not working properly. In the example you provided you appear to be looking for a link like this:

    <a id='reply' href='#'>add comment</a>

    Is that correct? You didn’t mention how you were generating the html, but I know with asp.net the server side id != the client side id and you would need to modify your selector like so:

    $('a[id$=reply]')

    In any case, here is a full example with html thats working fine for me:

    <html>     <head>         <script type='text/javascript' src='scripts\jquery-1.2.6.min.js'></script>     </head>     <body>         <div style='height:400px'>             Space to demonstrate that clicking the link does not scroll the page.         </div>         <div id='main'>             <a href='#' id='clicky'>here</a>         </div>     </body>     <script>         $(function(){             $('a#clicky').click(function(){                 $(this).after('Hello There')                 return false;             });         });     </script> </html>
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