Question

I want to append some simple data in a div like:

$('#msg').append('Some text');

In the body, i think i will need to place the the html like.

<div id="test">    

<div id="msg"></div>  //show text inside it.

</div>

However, I want to add some CSS to the #msg. For example, background color. Now the problem is that, since the #msg div is present all the time, i see the background color even when the text is not appended to it. I have tried to add css like “display:none, but in that case i can not see the text appended to it.
Can i do it so that the #msg div appears inside the #test only when the text is appended to it? Thanks.

Answer 1

$('#msg').append('Some text').show();