[jQuery] Re: empty().append() slow

[Brandon Aaron]

It has to do more than just set innerHTML to a blank string to avoid memory
leaks. :(
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Brandon Aaron

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, jquertil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> thanks Karl,
>
> didn't make a difference. I suppose I'll have to preload everything
> and show/hide things... ugh.
>
> does empty() go through the entire element node tree and remove things
> one by one or something? I kept thinking it just sets innerHTML=''.

[jQuery] Re: empty().append() slow

[jquertil]

thanks Karl,

didn't make a difference. I suppose I'll have to preload everything
and show/hide things... ugh.

does empty() go through the entire element node tree and remove things
one by one or something? I kept thinking it just sets innerHTML=''.

[jQuery] Re: empty().append() slow

[Karl Rudd]

Try making the selector more specific. So instead of $('.full') use
$('div.full').

Karl Rudd

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:19 AM, jquertil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> if I have a lot of elements inside ...
>
> and then do $('.full').empty().append ('blah');
>
> it takes a long time. Is there a way to speed that up?