$("<div id='a'>").appendTo("#bar") doesn't work in chrome 2.0

[Xavi]

$("<div id='foo'>").text("test").appendTo("#bar") does not work on "application/xhtml+xml" pages in chrome 2.0.172.33.

However $("<div id='foo'/>").text("test").appendTo("#bar") work just fine.

[jerone]

The second one is the correct one. You should alwasy add the closing slash (/).

[dmethvin]

As jerone said, the html inside the $() is invalid markup, it either needs a closing slash or a closing tag. The documentation is clear on this.