If you want to preserve other elements in the same parent, just change html() to append/prepend:
$(this).parent().append( $(this).remove().html() ); On Jan 24, 11:33 am, BrainBurner <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Stephan, your solutions works very well! > I also thought, that rewrtiting the whole html of the container could > overwrite other elements, but it is also a very original idea! > > Thank you both! > > On Jan 24, 2:22 pm, Stephan Veigl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This solution is easier one if the parent element has only one element > > - the span, if the parent element hase more spans (or other elements) > > parent.html() would overwrite all elements and replace them with the > > content of the child. > > > The performace might also be an issue, however I have no idea which > > one is faster: html() od insertBefore(). > > > by(e) > > Stephan > > > 2009/1/24 Mike Alsup <[email protected]>: > > > >> 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() );
