Destroy a jplist instance

[caneta]

I would like to destroy a jplist instance: is there a way to realize this? Thanks

[1rosehip]

Hi, Unfortunately this is still not implemented, but it's on my roadmap.

Thanks

[caneta]

Ok, thank you!

[1rosehip]

Could you please explain what is your use case for destroying the plugin instance? In which cases in could be helpful for you? I've check recently that to destroy it I should implement destroy method in almost every jplist addon, and it is a lot of additional code and work. So I'm considering now if it's worth these additional overhead.

[caneta]

I search for a 'destroy' method because I reload the list dynamically after an Ajax call.

1. I initialize jplist on a static html list
2. I modify some element in the list, imagine a list of boxes with input text fields and checkboxes
3. I submit changes for the whole list to the server via Ajax
4. The server returns the new list updated
5. I remove the previous list items from the DOM (jplist still attached to my list container!)
6. When I try to re-add the new list inside my container the plugin breaks

Maybe there are other ways to achieve my goal, but at the time of my first post a 'destroy' method would had been useful...

[1rosehip]

Thank you for the explanation. I guess it's possible to use jPList API to remove / add items instead:

http://jplist.com/documentation/api-add-one-item http://jplist.com/documentation/api-add-range-of-items http://jplist.com/documentation/api-remove-one-item http://jplist.com/documentation/api-remove-range-of-items

[caneta]

Ok, maybe this is a better approach. Thanks!

[1rosehip]

You're welcome!