Thanks a lot for the helpful answers! I see that i shouldn't
underestimate the native DOM attributes/methods...
It could be interesting to add this remove/add-to-the-same-place
functionality to prototype.js. Well, i don't know if other developers
find it as helpful as i do...
/AITOR
On Feb 19, 6:55 am, RobG <rg...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On Feb 19, 6:40 am, Aitor Garay-Romero <aito...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi there!
>
> > I need to remove an arbitray element from the DOM and add it later
> > exactly to the same point in the DOM. I wonder is there is a direct
> > way to achieve this. Right now i have to check wether the element has
> > a previous sibling or directly a parent and remember this information
> > to add it back.
>
> Fairly simple: remember the parentNode and nextSibling, then re-insert
> the node using parent.insertBefore(node, nextSibling). If there is no
> nextSibling, it will be null and the element will be inserted as the
> last child of the parent. Otherwise, it will use the nextSbling.
>
> e.g.
>
> function reInsert(id) {
> var el = document.getElementById('xx');
> var nextSib = el.nextSibling;
> var parent = el.parentNode;
> parent.removeChild(el);
> setTimeout( function() {
> parent.insertBefore(el, nextSib);
> }, 1000);
> }
>
> Call the function, pass it an ID. The element will be removed, then
> about 1 second later it will be put back. Modify to suit.
>
> *Do not* use Prototype.js's sibling array as it will remove text
> nodes, you certainly don't want to do that.
>
> --
> Rob
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