.unwrap()

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.unwrap()

Categories: Manipulation > DOM Insertion, Around | Manipulation > DOM Removal

.unwrap() Returns: jQuery

Description: Remove the parents of the set of matched elements from the DOM, leaving the matched elements in their place.

  • version added: 1.4.unwrap()

    • This method does not accept any arguments.

The .unwrap() method removes the element's parent. This is effectively the inverse of the .wrap() method. The matched elements (and their siblings, if any) replace their parents within the DOM structure.

Example:

Wrap/unwrap a div around each of the paragraphs.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        div { border: 2px solid blue; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        p { background:yellow; margin:4px; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <button>wrap/unwrap</button>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <p>Hello</p>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <p>cruel</p>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      <p>World</p>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      var pTags = $("p");
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $("button").click( function(){
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        if ( pTags.parent().is("div") ) {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          pTags.unwrap();
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        } else {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          pTags.wrap("<div></div>");
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      });</script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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