Using jQuery to Click on an Element and return it’s HTML

October 10, 2009

Using jQuery to Click on an Element and return it’s HTML

Saturday, October 10, 2009 Posted by Suprotim Agarwal
Labels: ASP.NET, jQuery

I was recently searching for a plug-in that returns the HTML for an element. I came across a solution suggested by Keegan that shows how to do so. Here’s the solution to find out the HTML of an element by clicking on it

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
 <title>Make an Image Clickable</title>
    <script type='text/javascript'
        src='http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js'>
    </script>
   
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function() {
            $(".clickable").click(function() {
                alert($(this).returnHTML());
            });

            $.fn.returnHTML = function() {
                return $("<div/>").append($(this).clone()).html();
            }
        });

    </script>
</head>
<body>
   <input id="btnClick" type="button" value="Click Me" class="clickable" />   
    <br />
   
</body>
</html>

The example starts by capturing the click() event on elements which have the class=”clickable” attribute. The returnHTML() function clones the element and extract the html using html(). The result is appended to a div and returned to the calling function. The output is displayed in an alert() as shown below

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Suprotim Agarwal, ASP.NET Architecture MVP works as an Architect Consultant and provides consultancy on how to design and develop Web applications.

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