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custom innerHTML function with improved performance
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// taken from below url, which explains the why this function makes sense | |
// https://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/faster-than-innerhtml | |
function replaceHtml(el, html) { | |
var oldEl = typeof el === "string" ? document.getElementById(el) : el; | |
/*@cc_on // Pure innerHTML is slightly faster in IE | |
oldEl.innerHTML = html; | |
return oldEl; | |
@*/ | |
var newEl = oldEl.cloneNode(false); | |
newEl.innerHTML = html; | |
oldEl.parentNode.replaceChild(newEl, oldEl); | |
/* Since we just removed the old element from the DOM, return a reference | |
to the new element, which can be used to restore variable references. */ | |
return newEl; | |
}; |
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