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Matched element Matched element after script execution
<p>ipsumdolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit.</p>
<p><span>Lorem </span>ipsumdolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
The following script looks for an element with the ID salesrep and inserts the text "Lorem
Ipsum" before that element. "Lorem Ipsum" is automatically wrapped in a Span element.
query("#salesrep").before("Lorem Ipsum");
Matched element Matched element after script
execution
<p>ipsumdolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit.</p>
<span>Lorem Ipsum</span>
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p>
children()
Returns the immediate children (inner HTML) of one or more HTML elements, which can be:
l The elements that match the selector of a script (see "results" on page1420).
l One element that matches the selector of a script that runs for "Each matched element"
(see "this" on page1338 and "Setting the scope of a script" on page860).
l The elements returned by a query in the template (see "query()" on page1293).
Examples
This script retrieves the inner HTML of an element selected from a snippet.
var snippet = loadhtml('snippets/snippet.html','#foobar').children
();
results.append(snippet);
The following script retrieves the inner HTML of the elements and then performs a find/replace.
var snippet = loadhtml('snippets/snippet.html','#foobar').children
();
snippet.find('@firstname@').text('foobar');
results.append(snippet);
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