Final pass at fixing #5785. Need to make sure that inner-nodes are detached before...

[jquery.git] / src / manipulation.js

diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index f2f6c7d..3db2c35 100644 (file)
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -213,10 +213,16 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 
        replaceWith: function( value ) {
                if ( this[0] && this[0].parentNode ) {
+                       // Make sure that the elements are removed from the DOM before they are inserted
+                       // this can help fix replacing a parent with child elements
+                       if ( !jQuery.isFunction( value ) ) {
+                               value = jQuery( value ).detach();
+                       }
+
                        return this.each(function() {
                                var next = this.nextSibling, parent = this.parentNode;
 
-                               jQuery(this).detach();
+                               jQuery(this).remove();
 
                                if ( next ) {
                                        jQuery(next).before( value );