jQuery After() method doesn't work with id attribute?

The below code is working fine. But if i change the html string in newPara() to <textarea></textarea><button id="someId">Save</button> or <textarea></textarea><input type="button" value="Save"/> its not working. What is the problem in this?

I need that id attribute to remove the newly attached html.

Any Suggestions!

Thanks!

<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      p { background:yellow; font-weight:bold; cursor:pointer; padding:5px; }
      p.over { background: #ccc; }
      span { color:red; }
    </style>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="aDiv">
      <p>Click me!</p>
    </div>

    <span></span>
    <script>
      $("body").delegate("p", "click", newPara);
      $("body").undelegate("button", "click", newPara).find("#adiv").html("<p>Click me!</p>");
      function newPara() {
        var html = "<textarea></textarea><button>Save</button>";
        $(this).after(html);
      }
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Solution

My only guess would be that you're using double quotes to create the string literal, but also using them inside the string, therefore terminating it early.

If so, this:

"<textarea></textarea><button id="someId">Save</button>"

should be:

'<textarea></textarea><button id="someId">Save</button>'

Notice that I used single quotes on the outside, so that the inside ones don't close the string.

Try it out: http://jsfiddle.net/QQrHr/

The example uses your exact code. The only change I made was to use singe quotes around the string.

You could also escape the inner quotes if you wanted:

"<textarea></textarea><button id=\"someId\">Save</button>"