/** * Parses HTML by using the browser's built in string to DOM converter. * @param {string} html HTML String to be converted into DOM fragment * @returns {window.DocumentFragment} DOM fragment that can be queried using built in browser functions. */ export function parseHtml( html ) { if ( html && html.querySelector ) { return html; } if ( 'string' !== typeof html ) { return null; } // Element is a string and should be parsed const el = document.createElement( 'div' ); el.innerHTML = html; const elements = el.children; const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment(); // From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/appendChild: // "If the given child is a reference to an existing node in the document, // appendChild() moves it from its current position to the new position." // i.e. `elements` nodes will move to `fragment`'s children. while ( elements.length > 0 ) { fragment.appendChild( elements[ 0 ] ); } return fragment; }