jQuery - 插入的锚标签无法正确包装

Question

I have the following snippet of jQuery:

$(elementId).prevAll().appendTo(prevDiv);

It works but the problem is that all the elements selected by the prevAll() function are appended to the prevDiv div without spaces between them. This means that the content of this div (a collection of anchor tags) does not wrap onto multiple lines.

How would I add spaces after each collection item or force wrap for each element?

EDIT: As requested, here's some HTML that demonstrates the problem:

<div style="width:200px; overflow:hidden; border:2px"><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-1">1</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-2">2</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-3">3</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-4">4</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-5">5</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-6">6</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-7">7</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-8">8</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-9">9</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-10">10</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-11">11</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-12">12</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-13">13</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-14">14</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-15">15</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-16">16</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-17">17</a><a style="padding:5px;"  href="http://www.domain.com/" id="p-18">18</a></div>

Answer 1

I would change them all to be block level elements.

$(elementId).prevAll().css( { display: 'block' } ).appendTo(prevDiv);

or if you really need to append some text.

$(elementId).prevAll()
            .appendTo(prevDiv)
            .after( " " );

Answer 2

@tvanfosson's solution is great, but if you want to separate behaviour and presentation, add it to your CSS:

#div_you_are_inserting_to a { display: block; }

This is a choice of preference, personally I don't really like adding CSS rules to my jQuery code.

Answer 3

$(elementId).prevAll().addClass('myDisplayBlockClass').appendTo(prevDiv);