contents().find() not producing the same result as changing selector context? - jQuery

Question

Hello all,

I have a function that looks somewhat like this:

function(domObj) {
    var currentObj = $(domObj);
    ...
    currentObj.contents().find(".ws").after("foobar");
}

My problem is that the above method of using .contents().find() is not working. "foobar" never gets stuffed after the specified dom element, represented by the selector, .ws

However if I do this:

$(".ws", currentObj).after("foobar"); 

Then the string, "foobar" gets appended every time.

My question:

Are not these two methods supposed to be equivilant? How/what am I doing wrong in my use of .contents().find() so that it is not working?

Thanks!

Answer 1

$(".ws", currentObj).after("foobar");

... is equivelant to:

currentObj.find(".ws").after("foobar");

contents() returns all child-nodes, and so therefore when you execute contents().find() you're actually searching within the child-nodes, as opposed to searching the child-nodes themselves.