Question

Why this isn’t true?

$('#myId') == document.getElementById("myId")

I’m using JQuery 1.4.2 and trying to insert a GMap into an div element.

So, this works:

new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("myId"),myOptions);

but this doesn’t

new google.maps.Map($("myId"),myOptions);

Answer 1

You have a couple issues. First, ID selectors use #. Second, $(...) is a jQuery object, and you need to pass a DOM element.

Use $('#myId').get(0)

The get method.