Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Message-ID: <9875396.0bNLEoWOxd@PointedEars.de>
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <usenet@PointedEars.de>
Organization: PointedEars Software (PES)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:15:31 +0200
User-Agent: KNode/4.10.2
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit
X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&.<b';Md8`dH6iqhT)6C^.Px|[=M@7=Ik[_w<%n1Up"LPQNu2m8|L!/3iby{-]A+#YE}Kl{Cw$\U!kD%K}\2jz"QQP6Uqr],./"?;=4v
Face: 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
Subject: Re: How to clear/remove all the objects in a DIV?
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
References: <9f3e516a-a7fb-447a-8d3d-7f1a2c40b57b@googlegroups.com> <9e65bc40-ab97-40aa-91ca-5790829262b3@googlegroups.com> <kptcno$vnu$1@dont-email.me> <3aa0c769-a0d9-4af6-bd01-af62a3c8c47e@googlegroups.com> <18a09a93-fbbf-4d61-a59b-310a06d4d03d@googlegroups.com> <kpv70g$c33$3@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Lines: 28
NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Jun 2013 18:15:31 CEST
NNTP-Posting-Host: b4702f2b.newsspool2.arcor-online.net
X-Trace: DXC=PFf^;38:nObPXlQ;h]GTMdA9EHlD;3Ycb4Fo<]lROoRa8kF<OcfhCOkgUnZ0:D:6`jDZm8W4\YJNlb@mF9jNikdeIQbgJMhLo0g?K779aWSGYe
X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:20368

Denis McMahon wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:37 -0700, justaguy wrote:
>> Is there something like removeBefore(nodeName or ID) or deleteBefore
>> (nodeName or ID) or removeAfter or deleteAfter?
> 
> Is it possible that when you delete the immediate children, their
> descendants are still present?

No.  Deleting a node deletes all of its descendants.  However, care must be 
taken regarding the event listeners on descendents as some implementations 
do not clean up properly.
 
> Your div is the root of a tree. What you need to do is trim the tree back
> to the root starting at the most distant branch.

No, you do not.  You just use the “previousSibling” property repeatedly.
 
> […]
> Not tested, obviously.

Like your other junk postings.

-- 
PointedEars

Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.