How to remove parent element except its child element using jQuery ?
Given an HTML document and the task is to remove the parent element except for its child element.
Approach 1:
- Use contents() method to select all the direct children, including text and comment nodes for the selected element.
- Selected elements are stored in a variable.
- Now, use replaceWith() method to replace the content of parent element by its all child element which is stored into a variable.
Example: This example uses contents() and replaceWith() method to remove the parent element except for its child element.
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title> Remove the parent element not its child using jQuery </title> <script src = </script></head> <body style = "text-align:center;"> <h1 style = "color:green;" id = "h1"> GeeksForGeeks </h1> <div id = "parent" style = "border: 1px solid black;"> <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> </p> <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()"> click here </button> <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = "color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;"> </p> </div> <script> var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); up.innerHTML = "This content is inside a big DIV."; var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); down.innerHTML = "Click on the button to remove " + "just this parent DIV"; var heading = document.getElementById('h1'); function GFG_Fun() { var content = $("#parent").contents(); $("#parent").replaceWith(content); } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button:
Approach 2: This approach uses unwrap() method to remove the parent element from the selected element.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML><html> <head> <title> Remove the parent element not its child using jQuery </title> <script src = </script></head> <body style = "text-align:center;"> <h1 style = "color:green;" id = "h1"> GeeksForGeeks </h1> <div id = "parent" style = "border: 1px solid black;"> <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> This content is inside a big DIV. </p> <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()"> click here </button> <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = "color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;"> Click on the button to remove just this parent DIV </p> </div> <script> function GFG_Fun() { $("#parent").contents().unwrap(); } </script></body> </html> |
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button:
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