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I know that I can set it’s style to “display: none”
However, that just hides it.
I really want to kill a DOM element and all of it’s children.
The context is that I’m building a desktop-like GUI system (for learning purposes) inside of a DOM, and when a “window” is closed, I want that DIV and all it’s children to be removed.
Thus, in JavaScript, how to I tell the GC “hey, get rid of this DOM element, it’s no longer needed”?
Thanks!
What about removeChild ?
See http://dustindiaz.com/add-and-remove-html-elements-dynamically-with-javascript/ for more information