If you are using jQuery, there are plugins that weave into jQuery's
modifiers that do this.

On Mar 19, 2:32 am, Luke Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Returning to the original list of options, DOMNodeRemovedFromDocument  
> will fire in capture phase for descendants of removed elements.
>
> The event isn't implemented in FF, though, so perhaps a moot point.
>
> var outer = document.getElementById('outer'),
>      inner = document.getElementById('inner');
>
> inner.addEventListener('DOMNodeRemovedFromDocument', function (e) {
>      /* this will be executed for this node and each child if it or  
> its parent is removed, replaced, or outer.innerHTML is assigned */
>
> }, true);
>
> Additionally, the callback will be executed if one of inner's children  
> is removed or replaced, or if it or one of its children's innerHTML is  
> assigned *usually*.  The catch here is that Chrome 10.0 and Safari 5  
> don't execute it if a child that contains only text has its innerHTML  
> assigned.  Opera does the right thing here.  If the text is replaced  
> via replaceChild(document.createTextNode('blah'), ...firstChild), then  
> Chrome, Safari, and Opera execute the callback.
>
> WebKit bug here:https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56706
>
> FYI,
> L
>
> On Mar 18, 2011, at 3:58 AM, Diego Perini wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Matt Kruse  
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Mar 17, 5:17 pm, Diego Perini <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> This (3) seems to me the best solution but use
> >>> "compareDocumentPosition()" method instead.
>
> >> I just learned of this method today. Very handy!
>
> >>> maybe you could use method 2 and "matchesSelector()" to avoid  
> >>> using an expensive
> >>> universal "*" selector if you need to match an object reference  
> >>> with a
> >>> selector string.
>
> >> Is there browser support for this? I see that mozMoatchesSelector()
> >> and webkitMatchesSelector() exist. I guess I need to do some browser
> >> testing...
>
> > Yes, "matchesSelector()" is supported in all new browsers even in IE9.
>
> > Naming is a bit different in each implementation:
>
> >  webkitMatchesSelector (Webkit)
> >  mozMatchesSelector (Mozilla)
> >  msMatchesSelector (MS)
> >  matchesSelector (W3C)
>
> > --
> > Diego
>
> >> Matt Kruse
>
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