Trying to insert some comment inside a <table> element result in:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'nodeName' of null jquery-1.10.1.js:624

jQuery.extend.nodeName jquery-1.10.1.js:624

manipulationTarget jquery-1.10.1.js:6321

(anonymous function) jquery-1.10.1.js:6079

jQuery.fn.extend.domManip jquery-1.10.1.js:6283

jQuery.fn.extend.prepend jquery-1.10.1.js:6077

(anonymous function) fiddle.jshell.net/agiorgetti/krDfb/2/show/:21

jQuery.event.dispatch jquery-1.10.1.js:5116

jQuery.event.add.elemData.handle

The problem came out when working with jQuery toghether with AngularJs (which uses comments as a placeholder for templates sometimes).

Looking at the code the problem is in the manipulationTarget() function: if the 'content' parameter is not an element nodeName is called with a null (content.firstChild might return null).

here's the jsfiddle with a very simple test case:

http://jsfiddle.net/agiorgetti/krDfb/2/