this.parent.parent.removeChild(this.parent) not working in IE8

Question

Hi,

I am facing an issue because of removeChild method in javascript.

I am using below code to remove a div tag.

this.parent.parent.removeChild(this.parent).

that code is working pretty fine in FF but it give me error in IE7/8.

" Error: Object doesn't support this property or method ".

is removeChild method is not supported in IE7/8 or is there any other alternate of this method?

Regards,
Mahendra Athneria
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

Answer 1

It should be parentNode not parent

Answer 2

Hi All,

thanks for your precious time and reply. special thanks to Meder.

Finally i found the solution.

Here is my solution and analysis.

actually in my code i was using this.parent.parent.removeChild(this.parent) to delete the child. this.parent return [object window] and [object window] does not support the removeChild property. to use removeChild method we need the Element and to get the element i made some change in my code.

1st - change the method signature.
function removeCriteria(thisObj) {.....}

2nd -only for IE
thisObj.srcElement.parentElement.parentElement.removeChild(thisObj.srcElement.parentElement);
this solution works for me and hope my analysis is right :-)

For @Meder & other seniors - correct me if i am wrong.

Regards,
Mahendra
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India