'body' should be replaced by 'html'.

Maybe we can make it faster by consulting expandos like
ownerDocument ?

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Ariel Flesler
http://flesler.blogspot.com

On Nov 27, 12:52 am, diogobaeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm new here (and in jQuery), but even though I'd like to propose some
> simple but usefull method to the jQuery object (at core.js) to tell
> the API user if an element exists in the document. I've tried to build
> one as follows:
>
> [CODE]
> (function($) {
>
>     $.fn.inDOM = function() {
>         return !!this.parents('body').length;
>     };
>
> })(jQuery);
>
> jQuery(document).ready(function(){
>     var jEl = $('.someExistingClass');
>
>     // Should be in DOM
>     console.debug(jEl.inDOM());
>
>     // Removing the element
>     jEl.remove();
>
>     // Should NOT be in DOM
>     console.debug(jEl.inDOM());});
>
> [/CODE]
>
> So, if the client sets a variable as a jQuery object, and at some
> point of the code the DOM element within it can be removed, he/she can
> test if it really was. OK, I know it sounds unsignificant, but I think
> it would still be usefull.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Diogo Baeder
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