[jQuery] Re: Fastest way to clear child elements from a div

Sounds like your nodes have to much element binded to them.

On Dec 30, 1:00 pm, Adam Guichard <amguich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It ran in 5ms, but its my understanding if I use the method your
> suggesting I'll be leaking memory.  If I just set the innerhtml = "",
> I think the dom element's children aren't disposed.  They just sit
> around chewing up memory, so I don't think I can use the method your
> suggesting.
>
> On Dec 30, 2:42 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > just for laughs...see of
>
> > document.getElementById("ID of Div Tag").innerHTML = "";
>
> > is anything of an improvement
>
> > On Dec 30, 3:02 pm, Adam Guichard <amguich...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'm using jTemplates to create a client grid, but I'm having trouble
> > > with load times.  When I'm paging through the grid jTemplates is
> > > taking 4+ seconds to clear the grid and 2+ seconds to load it.  I've
> > > got some work to do to make the loading time go down, but I'm worried
> > > about the clearing time.  I've tried a few different methods, but
> > > nothing seems to be really fast.  I'd like to be able to clear the div
> > > in less than a second.  Here's what I've tried:
>
> > > $(selector).empty() and $(selector).html('') both took between  3-4
> > > seconds
>
> > > Does anyone know of a faster way to empty the child elements of a div?