Sort DOM elements to order array with jQuery

Question

A moment ago I asked this question: javascript sort array to align with order array based on what turned out to be a false premise. (I\'ve been up for too long, give me a br

Answer 1

Try this.

Detaching the elements from the DOM tree may speed up the process.

$modules.detach();

var len = order.length,
    temp = [];

for( var i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
  temp.push( $modules[ order[i] ] );
}

$("#moduleWrap").append( temp );

Fiddle here http://jsfiddle.net/rEFu3/ ​