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JavaScript Introduction to jQuery DOM Traversal find(), prev(), and next()

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Why would you want to cut down searches in the DOM?

If searching in the DOM goes automatically why would you mind about it? I would say press the button and let it search. Or does cutting down searching the DOM improve sites performance like rendering?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Here's the answer I gave to your previous question on this same issue:

It's primarily a matter of efficiency.

As you suspected, fewer and/or more limited searches improve performance. It's faster to avoid replicating tasks than to do them repeatedly.

Also, there are many times when you have only a specific element to begin with, and DOM traversal will allow you to find a related element where no search could be constructed.