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> Place the HTML where it belongs

Well, some drawbacks are not accounted for when replacing HTML parts: input elements lose focus, if some view was scrolled, then it gets unscrolled, jumping under user's pointer etc.

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things like datastar handle this automatically for you

I don't recall encountering these issues. What framework was that on?

Any framework, if you _replace_ DOM elements, not just modify their attributes.

That's why HTMX and others use things like idiomorph

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