jquery: find a string and wrap it in an <a> tag?

Question

i've got this:

<div class="" id="fancy_hover">
    <a href="home.html" id="start_writer"></a>  
    <div>
        <p class="hidden" style="display: block;">click here to see this event with all the bells and whistles</p>
    </div>
</div>

I need to do an equivalent of .find() but for the string "click here" instead of a node, i then need to wrap it in an <a> tag.

Whats the best approach with jquery?

Answer 1

Use :contains filter selector:

$('p.hidden:contains("click here")')

To wrap it in link:

$('p.hidden:contains("click here")').html()
.replace('click here', '<a href="url">click here</a>');

To wrap whole text in link:

$('p.hidden:contains("click here")')
.html('<a href="url">' + $('p.hidden:contains("click here")').text() + '<a>');

More Info:

• http://api.jquery.com/contains-selector/