Strictly from a performance standpoint, what are the differences between remove(), hide() and detach()?
If I want to permanently make an element go away on the page, is remove() or hide() even marginally faster than the other?
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Jump to Postis remove() or hide() even marginally faster than the other?
Theoretically hide should be faster. Run a test and find out.
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is remove() or hide() even marginally faster than the other?
Theoretically hide should be faster. Run a test and find out.
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I've been using hide() forever (when doing various things such as hitting 'Delete' when browsing your list of private messages and making it go away in the list AJAXy).
I was just wondering if anyone knew if there was some advantage to using remove() and decreasing the size of the DOM as compared to adding what amounts to a CSS display:none.
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