jquery html() not working
javascript, jquery
Solution
you are passing `<input />` which is a self-closing tag.
If you were passing `<input>Html here</input>` (which is valid XML but not HTML to my knowledge), you could retrieve the "Html here" part with the .html() function like so:
var input = $('<input class="pick_date">Html here</input>');
alert(input.html());
In addition to your edited question:
$('<input />').outerHtml();
this should work.. :)
with this ofcourse (source):
(function($) {
$.fn.outerHTML = function() {
return $('<div>').append( this.eq(0).clone()).html();
};
})(jQuery)
Problem
I have an input box created by jquery like so: ``` val input = $('<input class="pick_date" ... />') ``` but the .html() method on input does not return the string entered inside the $. does anyone know why? edit: Ah, I understand the problem. Is there a way to get the html representation of the entire input box and not just the entry?