[jQuery] Re: strip tag leaving its content

[Mike Alsup]

> I'm writing an effect, which has to build a span around my element,
> but when my effect is finished I wanted to strip this span tag, in
> order to leave the situation as it was before..
>
> How can I strip a tag??
> Is there something like: $(this).parent().strip(); ???

In your example is 'this' the span?  If so, I'd try something like
this:

$(this).parent().html( $(this).html() );