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Dynamically add new element and change its content

I want to "copy" a certain elements and the change some of the text inside them with a regex.
So far so good: (/w working fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/8ohzayyt/25/)
$(document).ready(function () {
var divs = $('div');
var patt = /^\d\./;
var match = null;
for (i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
match = ($(divs[i]).text().match(patt));
$(divs[i]).text($(divs[i]).text().replace(match[0], "5."));
}
});
HTML
<div>1. peppers</div>
<div>2. eggs</div>
<div>3. pizza</div>
This works exactly the way I want it, but I want to add some of the content dynamically, but when I try to change the content of the copied divs, nothing happens.
Please refer to this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/8ohzayyt/24/
I have put some comments, to be more clear what I want to achieve.

I thing that your problem is that you're not passing an element to your changeLabel function, but just a string.
Look at this solution: http://jsfiddle.net/8ohzayyt/26/
Here is the line I changed to make your code work:
var newContent = $("<hr/><div id='destination'>" + $("#holder").html() + "</div>");
I just wrapped your HTML in $(). this creates an element from the string.

try:
var newContent = $("<hr/><div id='destination'>" + $("#holder").html() + "</div>");
EDIT:
Brief explanation What I've done.
In order to make $(el).find('div'); work changeLabel() needs an element. Instead of passing newContent as a string doing the above will make it pass as an element which will make $(el).find('div'); work.

Making a part of an uploaded text file as clickable using javascript

I uploaded one file using javascript. I want to make some parts of the text file as highlighted as well as clickable. For example: I want to make all the "hello" in the uploaded file as clickable and highlighted.
I am able to highlight the text as i have used button tag and changed its background and border property in css but I am unable to do an onclick action when the button is clicked.
I tried it like this:
var sel_data=$("#sel").text(); // for taking the text file in avariable
var str='hello';
//making the regular expression of str
var re = new RegExp(str,"g");
//For replacing the 'str' by highlighted and clickable 'str'
var re_str="<button class='highlight' id='ty' onclick='alertfunc()' value="+str+">"+str+"</button>"
//replacement of 'str' by highlighted and clickable 'str'
var rep_data=sel_data.replace(re,re_str);
sel_data=rep_data;
//function to be executed when the button will get clicked
function alertfunc() {
alert('yellow');
}
I also tried it like this
var str='hello'
var re_str="<button class='highlight' id='ty' value="+str+">"+str+"</button>"
$(".highlight").click(function(){
alert("yellow");
})
or like this
var button = document.getElementById("ty");
button.onclick = function(){
alert("yellow");
}
But none of them is working , Please suggest
I referred the above examples by this link: Html make text clickable without making it a hyperlink

There are just a few things wrong here.
First, execute this code on document ready :
$(document).ready(function(){
// code
});
Then, update the actual html in the DOM :
//replacement of 'str' by highlighted and clickable 'str'
var rep_data=sel_data.replace(re,re_str);
sel_data=rep_data;
$("#sel").html(sel_data); // here
And use event delegation for the click :
$("#sel").on('click', '.highlight', function(){
alert("yellow");
});
demo

This is done by using jQuery library and the ready snippet :contains.
Here is the code you need:
jQuery.fn.highlight = function (str, className) {
var regex = new RegExp(str, "gi");
return this.each(function () {
$(this).contents().filter(function() {
return this.nodeType == 3 && regex.test(this.nodeValue);
}).replaceWith(function() {
return (this.nodeValue || "").replace(regex, function(match) {
return "<span class=\"" + className + "\">" + match + "</span>";
});
});
});
};
Using this snippet will lead the words "hello" to be wrapped around a span with class of your choice.
Now to call this function all you need to do is:
$(".testHighlight *").highlight("hello", "highlight");
Ofcourse you have to setup the .testHighlight class with CSS to be something like:
.testHighlight {
background:yellow;
}
To make them clickable you can do it easily with jQuery:
$(.testHighlight).click(function(){
//YOUR CODE HERE
});
You can check more on this snippet here.

variable value is not appending in h2 element

DEMO
Hi, I have variable called "var node = "Hi Mr", Iam trying to append this value on click of a button, im not sure why its not appending.
I tried using html and text, none worked.
JS:
$(function(){
$('.customerResultIndex').on('click',function(){
openCustomerOverlay();
})
});
function openCustomerOverlay(){
var node = "Hi Mr"
$('.customerPopHeading').text(node)
var overlayContainer =
'<div class="customerOverlayShadow">'+
'<div class="customerOverlay borderRadius10px">'+
'<h2 class="customerPopHeading">-- </h2>'+

Create the element first, them after this, set the text...
You are setting the text befero creating it.
Put this:
var node = "Hi Mr";
$('.customerPopHeading').text(node);
After this:
$(document).keyup(function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 27) {
$('.customerOverlayShadow').remove();
}
});
Final result:
http://jsfiddle.net/pc2tx1us/3/

You cannot append a value like this instead you can concatenate it this way:
'<h2 class="customerPopHeading">--'+ node +'</h2>'+
or you can move this line:
$('.customerPopHeading').text(node);
below this:
$("body").prepend(overlayContainer).focus();
$('.customerPopHeading').text(node);
Fiddle
The element has to be available to make a jQuery selector, here when you prepend in body only then it is available to put the desired text in it.

JQuery replace html element contents if ID begins with prefix

I am looking to move or copy the contents of an HTML element. This has been asked before and I can get innerHTML() or Jquery's html() method to work, but I am trying to automate it.
If an element's ID begins with 'rep_', replace the contents of the element after the underscore.
So,
<div id="rep_target">
Hello World.
</div>
would replace:
<div id="target">
Hrm it doesn't seem to work..
</div>​
I've tried:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('[id^="rep_"]').html(function() {
$(this).replaceAll($(this).replace('rep_', ''));
});
});​
-and-
$(document).ready(function() {
$('[id^="rep_"]').each(function() {
$(this).replace('rep_', '').html($(this));
});
​});​
Neither seem to work, however, this does work, only manual:
var target = document.getElementById('rep_target').innerHTML;
document.getElementById('target').innerHTML = target;
Related, but this is only text.
JQuery replace all text for element containing string in id

You have two basic options for the first part: replace with an HTML string, or replace with actual elements.
Option #1: HTML
$('#target').html($('#rep_target').html());
Option #2: Elements
$('#target').empty().append($('#rep_target').children());
If you have no preference, the latter option is better, as the browser won't have to re-construct all the DOM bits (whenever the browser turns HTML in to elements, it takes work and thus affects performance; option #2 avoids that work by not making the browser create any new elements).
That should cover replacing the insides. You also want to change the ID of the element, and that has only one way (that I know)
var $this = $(this)
$this.attr($this.attr('id').replace('rep_', ''));
So, putting it all together, something like:
$('[id^="rep_"]').each(function() {
var $this = $(this)
// Get the ID without the "rep_" part
var nonRepId = $this.attr('id').replace('rep_', '');
// Clear the nonRep element, then add all of the rep element's children to it
$('#' + nonRepId).empty().append($this.children());
// Alternatively you could also do:
// $('#' + nonRepId).html($this.html());
// Change the ID
$this.attr(nonRepId);
// If you're done with with the repId element, you may want to delete it:
// $this.remove();
});
should do the trick. Hope that helps.

Get the id using the attr method, remove the prefix, create a selector from it, get the HTML code from the element, and return it from the function:
$('[id^="rep_"]').html(function() {
var id = $(this).attr('id');
id = id.replace('rep_', '');
var selector = '#' + id;
return $(selector).html();
});
Or simply:
$('[id^="rep_"]').html(function() {
return $('#' + $(this).attr('id').replace('rep_', '')).html();
});

From my question, my understanding is that you want to replace the id by removing the re-_ prefix and then change the content of that div. This script will do that.
$(document).ready(function() {
var items= $('[id^="rep_"]');
$.each(items,function(){
var item=$(this);
var currentid=item.attr("id");
var newId= currentid.substring(4,currentid.length);
item.attr("id",newId).html("This does not work");
alert("newid : "+newId);
});
});
Working Sample : http://jsfiddle.net/eh3RL/13/

Replace text with HTML element

How can I replace a specific text with HTML objects?
example:
var text = "some text to replace here.... text text text";
var element = $('<img src="image">').event().something...
function ReplaceWithObject(textSource, textToReplace, objectToReplace);
So I want to get this:
"some text to replace < img src...etc >.... text text text"
And I would like manipulate the object element without call again $() method.
UPDATE:
I solved.
thanx #kasdega, i made a new script based in your script, because in your script i can't modify the "element" after replace.
This is the script:
$(document).ready(function() {
var text = "some text to replace here.... text text text";
var element = $('<img />');
text = text.split('here');
$('.result').append(text[0],element,text[1]);
$(element).attr('src','http://bit.ly/mtUXZZ');
$(element).width(100);
});
I didnt know that append method accept multiples elements.
That is the idea, only need to automate for multiple replacements
thanx to all, and here the jsfiddle

do a split on the text you want to replace then use the array indexes 0 and 1...something like:
function ReplaceWithObject(textSource, textToReplace, objectToReplace) {
var strings = textSource.split(textToReplace);
if(strings.length >= 2) {
return strings[0] + objectToReplace.outerHTML() + strings[1];
}
return "";
}
UPDATE: I found another SO post Get selected element's outer HTML that pointed me to a tiny jquery plugin that helps here.
I believe this jsfiddle has what you want. outerHTML is the tiny jquery plugin I included in the JSFiddle.
You can also use replace which will reduce some code: http://jsfiddle.net/kasdega/MxRma/1/
function ReplaceWithObject(textSource, textToReplace, objectToReplace) {
return textSource.replace(textToReplace, objectToReplace.outerHTML());
}

function textToObj (text,obj,$src){
var className = "placeholder-"+text;
$src.html($src.html().replace(text,"<div class='"+className+"'></div>"));
$("."+className).replace(obj);
}

you can use $(selector).outerHtml to get the html string of an element

You can replace the html directly: http://jsfiddle.net/rkw79/qNFKF/
$(selector).html(function(i,o) {
return o.replace('old_html','new_html');
})