Re: Memory leak with Javascript + DOM menu in IE

If anyone's still paying attention to this thread, I thought I would
add my $0.02, since people seem to keep having this problem over and
over again. The most likely cause is that you've got circular
references that involve both JavaScript and DOM objects (Not to say
it's your fault -- this is really common). I've posted a more detailed
explanation at
http://jgwebber.blogspot.com/2005/01...ike-sieve.html. Hope
this helps!

joel.

Pyrox wrote:

Hello all you js gods! As you can tell from the subject i'm having a
memory leak with IE when i try and use my DOM menu system. (i got it
from here .... http://www.mojavelinux.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=141 )

I've been reading alot about this problem (well what i can find, most
of it right in this group). Could someone maybe help me figure out
why
the menu keeps eating up memory? The memory doesn't get cleared until
the browser is closed, or minimized (heard something about IE taking
pictures of the page to use for smooth scrolling?).

If i get this correctly... When javascript calls a reference to a DOM
object in IE javascript can't "unload" that object when
garbagecllector goes. (right?) So is there a work around to fix this?
Any help is appreciated! If you need more info, let me know! THANKS
AGAIN!!!
Paul