typeit/src/helpers/removeNode.ts

The most versatile animated typing utility on the planet.

import { El } from "../types";

export default (node: Node, rootElement: El): void => {
  if (!node) return;

  let nodeParent = node.parentNode as HTMLElement;
  let nodeToRemove =
    nodeParent.childNodes.length > 1 || nodeParent.isSameNode(rootElement)
      ? // This parent still needs to exist.
        node
      : // There's nothing else in there, so just delete the entire thing.
        // By doing this, we clean up markup as we go along.
        nodeParent;

  (nodeToRemove as Element).remove();
};