I'm looking for a method to insert a string, which contains HTML data, into a div element. The string is loaded via XHR, and there is no way of knowing what elements and such are in it.
I've searched around for a bit, and found some things that might help, but wouldn't completely work for me. What I need is something similar to the update() function from the Prototype framework: http://prototypejs.org/api/element/update
The platform I'm writing for does not allow frameworks to be used, or JQuery. I'm stuck with Javascript. Anyone have any ideas?
I can't use innerHTML, as it does not apply any updates or functions or basically anything that's supposed to occur on load
I have some onload events that need to occur, and as best I know, using innerHTML does not execute onload events. Am I incorrect?
EDIT 2 years later:
For anyone else reading, I had some serious misconceptions about the onload event. I expected that it was a valid event for any element, while it is only valid for the <body/> element. .innerHTML is the proper method to do what I was looking for, and any extra functionality for the elements added, needs to be done manually some other way.
HTMLElement innerHTML Property
The innerHTML property sets or returns the inner HTML of an element.
HTMLElementObject.innerHTML=text
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/xs4Yq/