remove children (v207)

Revision 207 of this benchmark created on

Description

what method for empty a element is faster ?

Preparation HTML

<div id='wrap'>
<div id='box'></div>
</div>

Setup

function write()
    {
     var box = document.getElementById('box');
    var div = document.createElement('div');
    div.innerHTML = "halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>";
    box.appendChild(div);
    
    }

Test runner

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remove firstChild
write();
while (box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
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set empty innerHTML
write();
box.innerHTML = '';
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set empty innerText
write();
box.innerText = '';
ready
Test 1, avoiding repaint
write();
box.style.display='none';
box.innerHTML = '';
box.style.display='';

 
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cloneNode
write();
var dupNode = box.cloneNode(false);
box.parentNode.replaceChild(dupNode, box);
 
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