Uncomment html code using javascript

Question

Html tables with some commented tags. i just wanted to uncomment those tags. I have tried regex using javascript but problem is it removes entire commented line where as i

Answer 1

There's a very useful little jquery plugin that does precisely this. I didn't write it, but it's open source and here's the code & attribution to original source:

http://vistaprint.github.io/SkinnyJS/jquery.uncomment.html

Works well on our site.

Javascript is:

(function ($) {
    $.fn.uncomment = function () {
        for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) {
            for (var j = 0, len = this[i].childNodes.length; j < len; j++) {
                if (this[i].childNodes[j].nodeType === 8) {
                    var content = this[i].childNodes[j].nodeValue;
                    $(this[i].childNodes[j]).replaceWith(content);
                }
            }
        }
    };
})(jQuery);

Just put your code into

and call it with

 $(".commented-container").uncomment();

We're using it to defer/exclude some image-heavy galleries for mobile users, to speed the page loads.

Part of skinny.js.. which you can find here: http://vistaprint.github.io/SkinnyJS/