Question

i have the following HTML code

<div id="myDiv">
   <p>content</p>
</div>

and the following JS code:

$('myDiv').set('html',htmlCode);

the problem is that the variable htmlCode is something like:

<div id="myDiv"><p>another content</p></div>

so, the result when i run the JS code is something like:

<div id="myDiv">
   <div id="myDiv">
      <p>another content</p>
   </div>
</div>

is there a way to use “set” so that it overrides the entire div? or another solution to get something like:

<div id="myDiv">
   <p>another content</p>
</div>

as the result from the JS script?
i know i could just change the variable htmlCode… i just was wondering if there’s another solution to this.

Answer 1

Mootools offers a simple replaces method!

//new tmp element that contains the new div
var tmpDiv = new Element('div',{html:'<div id="myDiv"><p>another content</p></div>'});

//new div (first child of my tmp div) replaces the old 'myDiv' (that can be grabbed from the DOM by $)
tmpDiv.getFirst().replaces($('myDiv'));