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How to destroy / cleanup jsviews?

I wish to use jsViews in a widget that can be added/removed from the DOM multiple times.

If the widget runs code like this during creation:

if(!$.link.widgetTemplate)
{
   $.templates({ widgetTemplate: "#widgetTemplateSrc" });
}

$.link.widgetTemplate("#myElement", someData);

Would $("#myElement").remove(); cause a memory leak or would jsViews get properly disposed?

How do you unload jsviews if you do not wish to remove #myElement from the DOM?

Solution

  • Yes, removing elements using jQuery methods such as .remove(), .empty(), .html() will trigger disposal in JsViews, and should not lead to memory leaks.