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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Perform: Part 3

Jenna Malone
Jenna Malone
7,173 Points
Posted by Jenna Malone
Jenna Malone
7,173 Points

Why not just use .hide(); ?

So previously we used .hide(); to hide the text box that flew in in the first project. I am just wondering why for this project we want to actually remove it from the DOM instead of just hiding it? Is there a best practices thing that I am missing here, or are we just removing it from the DOM because thats what the instructor specifically told us to do?

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David Gross
David Gross
19,443 Points
David Gross
David Gross
19,443 Points

hide() sets the matched elements' CSS display property to none.

remove() removes the matched elements from the DOM.

Jenna Malone
Jenna Malone
7,173 Points
Jenna Malone
Jenna Malone
7,173 Points

That makes sense, thank you!