Hey guys,

 

In order to further my understanding of Jquery I was trying to develop a chrome extension using the script below, and I was wondering where the script searched the page.

Thanks,

Jake  

Script/Info:  https://github.com/cowboy/jquery-replacetext

1. //Script:
2. /*!
3.  * jQuery replaceText - v1.1 - 11/21/2009
4.  * http://benalman.com/projects/jquery-replacetext-plugin/
5.  * 
6.  * Copyright (c) 2009 "Cowboy" Ben Alman
7.  * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
8.  * http://benalman.com/about/license/
9.  *
10.  * Adapted by Laurent Van Winckel for Clickable Links, anno 2012.
11.  */
12. (function($){
13.   '$:nomunge'; // Used by YUI compressor.
14.   
15.   $.fn.replaceText = function( search, replace, text_only ) {
16.     return this.each(function(){
17.       var node = this.firstChild,
18.         val,
19.         new_val,
20.         
21.         // Elements to be removed at the end.
22.         remove = [];
23.       
24.       // Laurent: exclude some tags
25.       var exTags=['a', 'head', 'noscript', 'option', 'script', 'style', 'title', 'textarea', 'pre', 'xmp', 'input'];
26.       
27.       if ( node && $.inArray(this.nodeName.toLowerCase(), exTags) == -1 ) { // Laurent: exclude some tags
28.         
29.         // Loop over all childNodes. 
30.         do {
31.           
32.           // Only process text nodes.
33.           if ( node.nodeType === 3 ) {
34.             
35.             // The original node value.
36.             val = node.nodeValue;
37.             
38.             // The new value.
39.             new_val = val.replace( search, replace );
40.             
41.             // Only replace text if the new value is actually different!
42.             if ( new_val !== val ) {
43.               
44.               if ( !text_only && /</.test( new_val ) ) {
45.                 // The new value contains HTML, set it in a slower but far more
46.                 // robust way.
47.                 $(node).before( new_val );
48.                 
49.                 // Don't remove the node yet, or the loop will lose its place.
50.                 remove.push( node );
51.               } else {
52.                 // The new value contains no HTML, so it can be set in this
53.                 // very fast, simple way.
54.                 node.nodeValue = new_val;
55.               }
56.             }
57.           }
58.           
59.         } while ( node = node.nextSibling );
60.       }
61.       
62.       // Time to remove those elements!
63.       remove.length && $(remove).remove();
64.     });
65.   };  
66.   
67. })(jQuery);