Beginning JavaScript® and CSS Development with jQuery

Appendix F. Manipulating Content

Method/Property	Description	Return Value
HTML
html()	Returns the HTML contents, or innerHTML, of the first element of the selection. This method does not work on XML documents, but does work on XHTML documents.	String
html(value)	Sets the HTML contents of every selected element. This method does not work on XML documents, but does work on XHTML documents.	jQuery
Text
text()	Returns the text content of each selected element.	String
text(value)	Sets the text content of each selected element. HTML source code will not be rendered.	jQuery
Inserting Inside
append(content)	Appends the specified content to the inside of every selected element.	jQuery
appendTo(selector)	Appends all of the selected elements to the elements specified by the selector argument.	jQuery
prepend(content)	Prepends the specified content to the inside of each selected element.	jQuery
prependTo(selector)	Prepends all of the selected elements to the elements specified by the selector argument.	jQuery
Inserting Outside
after(content)	Inserts the specified content after each selected element.	jQuery
insertAfter(selector)	Inserts the selected elements after the elements specified by the selector argument.	jQuery
before(content)	Inserts the specified content before each selected element.	jQuery
insertBefore(selector)	Inserts the selected elements before the selectors specified by the selector argument.	jQuery
Inserting Around
wrap(html)	Wraps each selected element with the specified HTML content.	jQuery
wrap(element)	Wraps each selected ...