Question

jQuery’s .wrap() method returns the original set of elements for chaining purposes.

What is the most elegant way to return the original set of elements + the wrapped elements instead?

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, you’ll need parent() and andSelf().

• parent() will retrieve the parent for each element in the collection.
• andSelf() will add the former collection to the new collection.

$("div.elements-to-wrap").wrap('<div class="wrapper" />').parent().andSelf();

Now, you have a new collection that contains both div.elements-to-wrap and all the div.wrapper that wrap the former elements.