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#10926 closed bug (invalid)

Opened November 30, 2011 09:56AM UTC

Closed November 30, 2011 01:39PM UTC

Last modified November 30, 2011 02:24PM UTC

Wrap function doesn't wrap jQuery objects unless added to DOM

Reported by: wassimahmed@gmail.com Owned by:
Priority: low Milestone: None
Component: manipulation Version: 1.6.4
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

Hi there,

It seems there is a dependency in wrap function which works correctly only if selector points to existing DOM element and doesn't produce anything if selector is a jQuery object which is not yet added to DOM. jsFiddle share (http://jsfiddle.net/SSujs/) describes my problem better.

I hope team can advice why it so and is there someway around this. Couldn't it just work without element added to DOM?

Thanks

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Changed November 30, 2011 01:39PM UTC by sindresorhus comment:1

component: unfiled → manipulation
priority: undecided → low
resolution: → invalid
status: new → closed

Not a bug, .wrap()returns the original set. From the docs:

This method returns the original set of elements for chaining purposes.

For what you're trying to do, you'll need to add .parent() like this:

$("<a>").wrap("<li>").parent().appendTo("body");

Changed November 30, 2011 02:24PM UTC by wassimahmed@gmail.com comment:2

This is to confirm that given solution works for me. Thanks for the help.