how to get actual content of an object after being replaceWith('something') in jquery

Question

I have this code

$(document).ready(function(){
    $(\'.selector\').click(function(){
        obj = $(this);
        obj.replaceWith(\'


        
      

Answer 1

Your updated method is the correct one, just needs a tweak like this:

$('.selector').click(function(){
  var obj = $(this),
      repl = $('
whats up man ??! 
');
  obj.replaceWith(repl);
  alert(repl.find('span').attr('class')); 
});

You can test it out here. The important change is the repl.find() to look in the new element instead of the old one.