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up.element up.element.isEmpty(element)
JavaScript function

This feature is experimental. It may be changed or removed in a future version.

Returns whether the given element has no content.

An element is considered to have content if it has either child elements or non-whitespace text.

Examples

These <div> elments are all considered empty:

<div></div>

<div>   </div>

<div attr="text"></div>

These <div> elements are not considered empty:

<div>
  Text
</div>

<div>
  <span>Text</span>
</div>

<div>
  <span></span>
</div>

Parameters

element Element

Return value

boolean

Whether the given element is empty.