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Created April 28, 2011 19:14
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Convenience methods to determine whether or not an element is attached or detached from the DOM
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jquery-attached-detatched.js
(function( jQuery ) {
jQuery.extend({
attached: function( elem ) {
if ( elem instanceof jQuery ) {
elem = elem[ 0 ];
}
return jQuery.contains( elem.ownerDocument.documentElement, elem );
},
detached: function( elem ) {
return !jQuery.attached( elem );
}
});
})( jQuery );
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Example: http://jsfiddle.net/kflorence/GwRSW/

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