Is it possible to load a specific div from a variable?

Question

Does anyone know if it's possible to load a specific div from a variable like

$item = '#help_mobiel_prive';

$('#infopopup_content').load('help.html'+ $item, function() {

only that one doesn't work

Answer 1

I'm guessing that what you mean to do is something like this:

var $item = '#myDiv';
$("#infopopup_content").load('help.html ' + $item, function() {
    //blah blah
);

Make sure there's a space between the file you're trying to load, and the selector. So instead of:

load('help.html' + $item...

Use:

load('help.html ' + $item...

So the concatenated string would be 'help.html #myDiv'.

From the docs:

In jQuery 1.2 you can now specify a jQuery selector in the URL. Doing so will filter the incoming HTML document, only injecting the elements that match the selector. The syntax looks something like "url #some > selector". Default selector "body>*" always applies. If the URL contains a space it should be escape()d. See the examples for more information.