Merge pull request #1286 from dnschnur/jquery-detach-fix

Provide a detach shim for jQuery prior to 1.4.

jquery.flot.js

@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ Licensed under the MIT license.
 
 	var hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
 
+    // A shim to provide 'detach' to jQuery versions prior to 1.4.  Using a DOM
+    // operation produces the same effect as detach, i.e. removing the element
+    // without touching its jQuery data.
+
+    // Do not merge this into Flot 0.9, since it requires jQuery 1.4.4+.
+
+    if (!$.fn.detach) {
+        $.fn.detach = function() {
+            return this.each(function() {
+                if (this.parentNode) {
+                    this.parentNode.removeChild( this );
+                }
+            });
+        };
+    }
+
 	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	// The Canvas object is a wrapper around an HTML5 <canvas> tag.
 	//