Getting jQuery-inserted DOM elements without requerying for element after insertion

Question

Assuming I insert anything in my DOM with jQuery, like so:

$(\'#someselector\').prepend(\'\');


        

Answer 1

Make it into an jQuery object before prepending it:

var $img = $('<img src="/img/myimage.gif" id="someid" />');    
$('#someselector').prepend($img);    
$img.foo();

Answer 2

You can try something like this:

$('#someselector')
    .prepend('<img src="/img/myimage.gif" id="someid" />')
    .find('#someid');

Or if there's only one img:

$('#someselector')
    .prepend('<img src="/img/myimage.gif" id="someid" />')
    .find('img');

Alternatively:

$('<img src="/img/myimage.gif" id="someid" />').prependTo('#someselector')

Answer 3

Solution without creating a jQuery object before and without having an Id:

var $img = $('#someselector')
            .prepend('<img src="/img/myimage.gif" />')
            .find(':first');