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API/1.3/Manipulation

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Name	Type

Changing Contents:

Name	Type
html( )	Returns: String
Get the html contents (innerHTML) of the first matched element. This property is not available on XML documents (although it will work for XHTML documents).
html( val )	Returns: jQuery
Set the html contents of every matched element. This property is not available on XML documents (although it will work for XHTML documents).
text( )	Returns: String
Get the combined text contents of all matched elements.
text( val )	Returns: jQuery
Set the text contents of all matched elements.

Inserting Inside:

Name	Type
append( content )	Returns: jQuery
Append content to the inside of every matched element.
appendTo( selector )	Returns: jQuery
Append all of the matched elements to another, specified, set of elements. As of jQuery 1.3.2, returns all of the inserted elements.
prepend( content )	Returns: jQuery
Prepend content to the inside of every matched element.
prependTo( selector )	Returns: jQuery
Prepend all of the matched elements to another, specified, set of elements. As of jQuery 1.3.2, returns all of the inserted elements.

Inserting Outside:

Name	Type
after( content )	Returns: jQuery
Insert content after each of the matched elements.
before( content )	Returns: jQuery
Insert content before each of the matched elements.
insertAfter( selector )	Returns: jQuery
Insert all of the matched elements after another, specified, set of elements. As of jQuery 1.3.2, returns all of the inserted elements.
insertBefore( selector )	Returns: jQuery
Insert all of the matched elements before another, specified, set of elements. As of jQuery 1.3.2, returns all of the inserted elements.

Inserting Around:

Name	Type
wrap( html )	Returns: jQuery
Wrap each matched element with the specified HTML content.
wrap( elem )	Returns: jQuery
Wrap each matched element with the specified element.
wrapAll( html )	Returns: jQuery
Wrap all the elements in the matched set into a single wrapper element.
wrapAll( elem )	Returns: jQuery
Wrap all the elements in the matched set into a single wrapper element.
wrapInner( html )	Returns: jQuery
Wrap the inner child contents of each matched element (including text nodes) with an HTML structure.
wrapInner( elem )	Returns: jQuery
Wrap the inner child contents of each matched element (including text nodes) with a DOM element.

Replacing:

Name	Type
replaceWith( content )	Returns: jQuery
Replaces all matched elements with the specified HTML or DOM elements. This returns the JQuery element that was just replaced, which has been removed from the DOM.
replaceAll( selector )	Returns: jQuery
Replaces the elements matched by the specified selector with the matched elements. As of jQuery 1.3.2, returns all of the inserted elements.

Removing:

Name	Type
empty( )	Returns: jQuery
Remove all child nodes from the set of matched elements.
remove( expr )	Returns: jQuery
Removes all matched elements from the DOM.

Copying:

Name	Type
clone( )	Returns: jQuery
Clone matched DOM Elements and select the clones.
clone( bool )	Returns: jQuery
Clone matched DOM Elements, and all their event handlers, and select the clones.

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