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Remove all child elements of a DOM node in JavaScript

How would I go about removing all of the child elements of a DOM node in JavaScript? Say I have …

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How can I check if an element exists in the visible DOM?

How do you test an element for existence without the use of the getElementById method? I have set up a …

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jQuery document.createElement equivalent?

I'm refactoring some old JavaScript code and there's a lot of DOM manipulation going on. var d = document; var odv = …

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Check if an element contains a class in JavaScript?

Using plain JavaScript (not jQuery), Is there any way to check if an element contains a class? Currently, I'm doing …

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How do I find out which DOM element has the focus?

I would like to find out, in JavaScript, which element currently has focus. I've been looking through the DOM and …

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.prop() vs .attr()

So jQuery 1.6 has the new function prop(). $(selector).click(function(){ //instead of: this.getAttribute('style'); //do i use: $(this).prop(…

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Creating a new DOM element from an HTML string using built-in DOM methods or Prototype

I have an HTML string representing an element: '<li>text</li>'. I'd like to …

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Getting value of HTML Checkbox from onclick/onchange events

<input type="checkbox" onclick="onClickHandler()" onchange="onChangeHandler()" /> From within onClickHandler and/or onChangeHandler, how can I determine what …

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How to find event listeners on a DOM node when debugging or from the JavaScript code?

I have a page where some event listeners are attached to input boxes and select boxes. Is there a way …

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How to insert an element after another element in JavaScript without using a library?

There's insertBefore() in JavaScript, but how can I insert an element after another element without using jQuery or another library?

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