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If your response is TEXT, I've seen ppl use ...xhr.responseText.spit('html>...body>...div id="yourTargetsParent">')[1].split('/div>.../body>.../html>')[0]; //just split the string up however!

Another way is to use iframe.contentWindow.document.body... (or contentDocument for some browsers)... just hide the iframe ya know.

Obviously, if you have control over the target that totally changes things (and this post probably wouldn't be here), but I've also seen some mean work arounds with the target's use of scripting its host dom, localStorage, splits/joins, webSQLDatabases, ...for string manipulation.

Honestly, I used to use a hidden div(thank you asleepysamurai!), but I thought I came across a more getElementById/jQuery.load type way. ..I'll post back if I find it...