Easier way to get a jQuery object from appended element

Question

Is there an easier/quicker way to get the element added using jQuery append:

How to get the $selectors element:

$container.append('<div class="selectors"></div>'); var $selectors = $('.selectors', $container); 

I tried:

var $selectors = $container.append('<div class="selectors"></div>'); 

but that makes $selectors = $container

Maybe that's the quickest/best way. Just checking.

Answer 1

Why not just:

var el = $('<div class="selectors"></div>'); $container.append(el); 

?

Then you have access to 'el'.