>>It's a standalone fragment - not associated (and cannot be) with the main DOM (which, I believe, is the default context for JQuery).
>>
>
>So, you're saying you tried finding it by its name only and it didn't work, right?

By its id in the context of the fragment. I'm not sure this is supposed to work but given that $(content) looks OK in the debugger (as per initial post) I'm not sure why not....

>
>>>Why you can not use what Craig posted? Why do you need to access it through the parent?
>>>
>>>Here are few samples from my code:
>>>
>>>

>>>$(document).ready(function () {
>>>    $(":input[data-autocomplete]").each(function () {
>>>        $(this).autocomplete({ source: $(this).attr("data-autocomplete") });
>>>    });  
>>>
>>>    $("form div input").focus(function () {
>>>
>>>        $("form div").each(function () {
>>>            $(this).css("background-color", "white");
>>>        });
>>>
>>>        $(this).parent().css("background-color", "#F2FAED");
>>>        $(this).select();
>>>        $('.SelectOnEntry').focusin(function () {
>>>            $(this).select();
>>>        });
>>>    });
>>>
>>>    $("input:text")
>>>        .focus(function () { $(this).select(); })
>>>        .mouseup(function (e) { e.preventDefault(); });
>>>});
>>>

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I know how to manipulate it - the problem is that I cannot get a reference to it. Note 'content' in this case is not the default context (the dom document) but a seperate html fragment and $(content).find('#trapName') returns zero results....
>>>>
>>>>>You can address the element directly
>>>>>
>>>>>$("#trapName")
>>>>>
>>>>>If you want to get the value, use
>>>>>var value = $("#trapName).val();
>>>>>
>>>>>To set the value
>>>>>$("#trapName).val("New value");
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I think there is something wrong with my understanding of JQuery (which is pretty elemental at best).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a fragment of html. Jquery sees it as this:

$(content): jQuery.fn.jQuery.init[3]
>>>>>>0: h2
>>>>>>1: text
>>>>>>2: input#trapName
>>>>>>length: 3
>>>>>>__proto__: Object[0]

so I thought I could access the input element with

$(content).find('#trapName')

but it finds nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any clues. Note this fragment is not in the DOM - but should that matter?