Javascript: best approach for displaying a single list item

Question

What is the best approach?

adding several DOM elements to the parent node and setting all but one of them to "hidden" ( disply='none'). On demand, set the currently visible element to "hidden" and the other to "visible".
Just add one DOM element and change its attributes and contents on demand.

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Jer May 07 '12 at 12:06

1 answer

Joseph Silber · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-07T00:09:59+0000

Defined option 1. Chatting with the DOM is never a good idea. We just do it out of necessity.

The less you change the DOM, the better.

PS do not forget to cache your selectors ...