You can now append and prepend into a table that doesn't have a tbody.

diff --git a/jquery/jquery.js b/jquery/jquery.js
index 9cf6941..a06e81c 100644 (file)
--- a/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function $(a,c) {
                append: function() {
                        var clone = this.size() > 1;
                        var a = $.clean(arguments);
-                       return this.each(function(){
+                       return this.domManip(function(){
                                for ( var i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) {
                                  this.appendChild( clone ? a[i].cloneNode(true) : a[i] );
                                }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function $(a,c) {
                prepend: function() {
                        var clone = this.size() > 1;
                        var a = $.clean(arguments);
-                       return this.each(function(){
+                       return this.domManip(function(){
                                for ( var i = a.length - 1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
                                        this.insertBefore( clone ? a[i].cloneNode(true) : a[i], this.firstChild );
                                }
@@ -442,6 +442,28 @@ $.clean = function(a) {
        return r;
 };
 
+$.fn = {};
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper function for each() to be used by append and prepend.
+ * Handles cases where you're trying to modify the inner contents of
+ * a table, when you actually need to work with the tbody.
+ */
+$.fn.domManip = function(fn){
+       return this.each(function(){
+               var obj = this;
+
+               if ( this.nodeName == 'TABLE' ) {
+                       if ( !this.firstChild ) {
+                               this.appendChild( document.createElement("tbody") );
+                       }
+                       obj = this.firstChild;
+               }
+
+               $.apply( obj, fn );
+       });
+};
+
 $.g = {
        '': "m[2] == '*' || a.nodeName.toUpperCase() == m[2].toUpperCase()",
        '#': "a.getAttribute('id') && a.getAttribute('id').nodeValue == m[2]",
@@ -489,8 +511,6 @@ $.g = {
        "[": "$.Select(m[2],a).length > 0"
 };
 
-$.fn = {};
-
 $.Select = function( t, context ) {
        context = context || $.context || document;
        if ( t.constructor != String ) {