Error using .html() to copy html from one element to another

[ghost]

$("#destination").html($("#source").html()) for copying content from one element to another fails in _.html/_.init

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/DhFHC

It appears that the main _.init function that deals with selector does not handle leading/trailing whitespace. If the innterHMTL has leading whitespace, _.init fails to recognize it as an HTML string.

One thought to address it would be to trim the selector in _.init in the section that checks if it's an HTML string. I can make a pull request if you think that is a reasonable route.

[kenwheeler]

Great catch. I'm going to check the perf against modifying the Regex vs trim.

[ghost]

Cool, I can submit a pull request with trim if you want me to. Or if you want to take it, that's cool too.

[kenwheeler]

@andypellucid I don't think I'm going to go with trim. $('

') shouldn't create a div. I think in the HTML method I'm going to check for an object first, and then if it's not, append whatever is there to the callee. So that something like $(callee).html('.this

- is the className for this

') will actually work.

[ghost]

Ok, sounds good, I'll just close my PR

[kenwheeler]

Fixed