how to check if fancybox exists on page already

Question

I am trying to check if a fancybox has been loaded already. If so then I run an ajax script to put content inside.

If not I open a fancybox iframe and it fetches content

Answer 1

This should work without testing for .length

if ($('div#fancybox-frame:empty'))

However, :empty does check for text nodes. So if you div has a line break, i.e.,

it might choke. In that case, place the opening and closing tags on the same line.