From 4d0bd29b4546174d97cf581250bbf0c97d731bd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Verkhoturov <paskal.07@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:51:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clear placeholder content when comments iframe loads

Remove non-iframe child nodes from the root element once the
iframe signals it has initialised, allowing users to add
loading placeholders that get cleaned up automatically. Fixes #1990
---
 frontend/apps/remark42/app/embed.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frontend/apps/remark42/app/embed.ts b/frontend/apps/remark42/app/embed.ts
index adcda6ec..e444ac52 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/remark42/app/embed.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/remark42/app/embed.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ function createInstance(config: typeof window.remark_config) {
     }
 
     if (data.inited === true) {
+      // remove placeholder content added by the user before comments loaded
+      Array.from(root!.childNodes)
+        .filter((node) => node !== iframe)
+        .forEach((node) => node.remove());
+
       postHashToIframe();
       postTitleToIframe(document.title);
     }