jQuery - Trigger event when an element is removed from the DOM

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to execute some js code when an element is removed from the page:

jQuery(\'#some-element\').remove(); // remove some element fr         


        

Answer 1

Only jQuery is required (No jQuery UI needed)

(I have extracted this extension from the jQuery UI framework)

Works with: empty() and html() and remove()

$.cleanData = ( function( orig ) {
    return function( elems ) {
        var events, elem, i;
        for ( i = 0; ( elem = elems[ i ] ) != null; i++ ) {
            try {

                // Only trigger remove when necessary to save time
                events = $._data( elem, "events" );
                if ( events && events.remove ) {
                    $( elem ).triggerHandler( "remove" );
                }

            // Http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/8235
            } catch ( e ) {}
        }
        orig( elems );
    };
} )( $.cleanData );

With this solution you can also unbind the event handler.

$("YourElemSelector").off("remove");

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Try it! - Example

$.cleanData = (function(orig) {
  return function(elems) {
    var events, elem, i;
    for (i = 0;
      (elem = elems[i]) != null; i++) {
      try {

        // Only trigger remove when necessary to save time
        events = $._data(elem, "events");
        if (events && events.remove) {
          $(elem).triggerHandler("remove");
        }

        // Http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/8235
      } catch (e) {}
    }
    orig(elems);
  };
})($.cleanData);


$("#DivToBeRemoved").on("remove", function() {
  console.log("div was removed event fired");
});

$("p").on("remove", function() {
  console.log("p was removed event fired");
});

$("span").on("remove", function() {
  console.log("span was removed event fired");
});

// $("span").off("remove");

$("#DivToBeRemoved").on("click", function() {
  console.log("Div was clicked");
});

function RemoveDiv() {
  //       $("#DivToBeRemoved").parent().html("");    
  $("#DivToBeRemoved").remove();
}

OnRemove event handler attached to elements `div`, `p` and `span`.

  

  Click here to remove div below
  

    DIV TO BE REMOVED 
    contains 1 p element 
    which in turn contains a span element
    
i am p (within div)
      

i am span (within div)
  

Additional Demo - jsBin