Question

I’m trying to append the data being called rather than replacing it but I’m not sure why .append isn’t working.

      $('.incoming3').load('t3.html #test3').append;

Answer 1

Well first of all .append() is a function – you need to use parentheses after it, and supply it with a parameter telling it what to append. Second, you can’t just change the way .load() works by chaining .append() onto the end of it.

Try this instead:

$.get("t3.html", function(data) {
    $('.incoming3').append($(data).filter("#test3"));
});

That is, use the $.get() method to retrieve the data, wrap the data in a jQuery object and use the .filter() method to extract the bit you need, and append that bit to your element.