[Prototype-core] Re: Why are all children of an 'update'd element being purged?

I understand that. And I was using update to clear the container and add a new element. My problem was, I have a reference to the previous element of the container that was just cleared, and I am saving that reference of the element with the intention of replacing the new container content with

Re: [Prototype-core] Re: Why are all children of an 'update'd element being purged?

Element#replace may be what you are looking for. Allen Madsen http://www.allenmadsen.com On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Viktor Kojouharov vkojouha...@gmail.com wrote: I understand that. And I was using update to clear the container and add a new element. My problem was, I have a reference

[Prototype-core] Re: Why are all children of an 'update'd element being purged?

Thanks for the clarification. Most methods that change content destroy the old content in favor of the new. The same is true for #replace suggested above. If you need to retain content while putting new content in its place, you may need a deep-clone method (which i've requested in the past and