Using an if statement to check if a div is empty

Question

I\'m trying to remove a specific div if a separate div is empty. Here\'s what I\'m using:

$(document).ready(function () {
    if (\'#leftmenu:empty\') {
             


        

Answer 1

You can extend jQuery functionality like this :

Extend :

(function($){
    jQuery.fn.checkEmpty = function() {
       return !$.trim(this.html()).length;
    };
}(jQuery));

Use :

if($("#selector").checkEmpty()){
     console.log("Empty");
}else{
     console.log("Not Empty");
}