Hmm. .remove() doesn't just hide an element; It removes it:
if ( this.parentNode ) {
this.parentNode.removeChild( this );
}
(from the source)
To prevent memory leaks, it also removes event handlers associated
with it. As of jQuery 1.4, it also removes data
.remove() does remove the element from the document head or body, but that
doesn't destroy it. It just makes it available for garbage collection - if
there are no other references to the element.
For example:
var $div = $('divtest/div');
$div.appendTo('body');
$div.remove();
Here we've created
Hi everyone,
I'm running a script that processes text messages people send in, and
then it displays them on a screen. It will loop the text messages
when there are too many to show on one screen.
To accomplish this I add DIVs with a new ID for each new message. The
new messages push the old
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