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>
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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>
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Output:
-
Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button: