From f2c5755d6e732915d82d75044001c66a565863d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Iglesias <alexiglesias@finsweet.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:59:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added removeChildElements helper

---
 helpers/index.ts               |  1 +
 helpers/removeChildElements.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 package.json                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 helpers/removeChildElements.ts

diff --git a/helpers/index.ts b/helpers/index.ts
index 9888c8e..099bd28 100644
--- a/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/helpers/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export { default as wait } from './wait';
 export { default as throwError } from './throwError';
 export { default as selectInputElement } from './selectInputElement';
 export { default as queryElement } from './queryElement';
+export { default as removeChildElements } from './removeChildElements';
 export { default as isVisible } from './isVisible';
 export { default as isScrollable } from './isScrollable';
 export { default as getObjectKeys } from './getObjectKeys';
diff --git a/helpers/removeChildElements.ts b/helpers/removeChildElements.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4110d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/removeChildElements.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * Remove all child elements from a parent element
+ * @param element Parent element
+ * @param selector Optional: only remove the elements that match this selector
+ */
+const removeChildElements = (element: Element, selector?: string): void => {
+  const childElements = element.querySelectorAll(selector || '*');
+  childElements.forEach((childElement) => childElement.remove());
+};
+
+export default removeChildElements;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8694c13..e8f204e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@finsweet/ts-utils",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "description": "Typescript utils for custom Webflow projects.",
   "main": "index.ts",
   "module": "index.ts",