jQuery each letter in div element, random colour from array on hover

Question

I\'m trying to get each letter in a div element to change to a random colour from an array of colours. Then reset when the mouse moves off the div.

Here\'s what I\'v

Answer 1

You can only add styles to elements, wrap each character in a and style the span.

#header {color: #ffffd}​

Some text here
​

$(document).ready(function() {

    // COLOURS ARRAY
    var colours = Array("#ffffd", "#333", "#999", "#bbb"), idx;

    $("#header").hover(function(){
        var header = $(this); 
        var characters = header.text().split('');
        header.empty();  
        var content = '';
        for(var i = 0; i < characters.length; i++) {
            idx = Math.floor(Math.random() * colours.length);
            content += '' + characters[i] + ''; 
        }
        header.append(content);
    }, function() {
        $(this).find('span').contents().unwrap();
    });

});

http://jsfiddle.net/vVNRF/