When I attach functionality to an element do I need to call .widgetName('destroy') before removing it from the DOM or does jQuery handle this?
When I attach functionality to an element do I need to call .widgetName(‘destroy’) before
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When I attach functionality to an element do I need to call .widgetName('destroy') before removing it from the DOM or does jQuery handle this?
Try using
remove.I don’t think this happens automatically, but then again, I don’t think you need to call the
destroymethod as theevent handlersare destroyed for you from the remove call.