[jQuery] Re: Removing an emptied paragraph from the DOM

[Bruce MacKay]

Thanks Mauricio, I hadn't tried that angle, but 
unfortunately it didn't make any difference.

I've also tried adding a class to the initial 
parent p and then trying to remove all paragraphs 
containing that class name - and have achieved the same nil outcome.

Thanks for your input.

Cheers, Bruce


At 11:40 p.m. 20/06/2009, you wrote:
How about?

$('.buggybox').next('p').remove();

Maurício
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De: <mailto:b.mac...@massey.ac.nz>Bruce MacKay
Para: <mailto:jquery-en@googlegroups.com>jquery-en@googlegroups.com
Enviada em: sábado, 20 de junho de 2009 08:20
Assunto: [jQuery] Removing an emptied paragraph from the DOM

Hello folks,

I have an application which removes an image 
from within a paragraph, wraps that image in a 
div and places it in front of the paragraph.

I now want to remove that paragraph.

Why doesn't the following use of remove() not 
achieve my objective?  I've tested the length - 
it is 0, yet the remove doesn't happen.

Thanks, Bruce


var parnt = $(this).parent();           //the 
parent p tag containing the image to be processed
$(this).insertBefore(p).wrap("<div 
class='buggybox clearfix' id='g" + i +"'></div>");

if (parnt.length=0) {
        parnt.remove();
}