jquery ajax load certain div

Question

my question is very simple how can I retrieve certain div with jquery ajax comand

$.ajax({
      url: \"test.html\",
      success: function(){
           $         


        

Answer 1

Here is a slightly different take on it. Also your target div maybe hidden by default so I've added in a Fade In affect to show it. If your html is going to change then you might want to add in a cache: false.

$.ajax({
  url: "html.htm",
  type: "GET",
  dataType: "html",
  success: function (res) {
       $("#targetDiv").html($(res).find("#sourceDiv")
                                  .addClass('done'))
                     .fadeIn('slow');
  }
});

If you're interested you can take a look at how jQuery does the load method here jQuery Source Viewer

Answer 2

If the div is part of the AJAX response:

$.ajax({
    url: 'test.html',
    dataType: 'html',
    success: function(html) {
        var div = $('#sourceDiv', $(html)).addClass('done');
        $('#targetDiv').html(div);
    }
});

Answer 3

Here is an example that I use on my site for the navigation.

<ul id="nav">        
    <li><a name="portfolio" href="portfolio.php" class="ajax_nav">PORTFOLIO</a></li>
    <li><a name="biography" href="biography.php" class="ajax_nav">BIOGRAPHY</a></li>
</ul> 

For the javascript you can try this.

var hash = window.location.hash.substr(1);
var hash2 = window.location.hash.substr(1);

// Menu items to lower main content
var href = $('.ajax_nav').each(function(){
    var href = $(this).attr('href');
    if(hash==href.substr(0,href.length-4)){
        var toLoad = hash+'.html #ajax_content';
        $('#ajax_content').load(toLoad)
    }                                           
});

// For inner overlay of featured content. 
var href2 = $('.feat_item_link').each(function(){
    var href2 = $(this).attr('href');
    if(hash2==href2.substr(0,href.length-4)){
        var toLoadFeatured = hash2+'.html #ajax_featured_content';
        $('#ajax_featured_content').load(toLoadFeatured);
    }                                           
});

// For Bottom Navigation
$('#nav li a').click(function(){

    var toLoad = $(this).attr('href')+' #ajax_content';
    $('#content').hide('fast',loadContent);
    $('#load').remove();
    $('#wrapper').append('<span id="load">LOADING...</span>');
    $('#load').fadeIn('normal');

    window.location.hash = $(this).attr('href').substr(0,$(this).attr('href'));
    function loadContent() {
        $('#content').delay(1000).load(toLoad,'',showNewContent());
    }
    function showNewContent() {
        $('#content').show('normal',hideLoader());
    }
    function hideLoader() {
        $('#load').delay(1000).fadeOut('normal');
    }
    return false;
});

The id of #load simply uses an animated gif in the CSS.

Place the javascript in the $(document).ready() and you should be all set.