Trash a component by key

My question is quite simple, regarding this @sophiebits answer about React (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21749798/how-can-i-reset-a-react-component-including-all-transitively-reachable-state), does Preact completly trash a component if the key props changes ?

Two bonus question :

• does it reinit the real DOM during this process ?
• if it does not, how to reset completely the component ?

My use case is that i render a preact (private) library component which i cannot touch, this component contains an html <video> element. In my top level component, i’m trying to change the key on “reset” to destroy the element, and rebuild it from scratch. Expected behaviour : By so, i hope the <video> to reset it’s behaviour, and display the first frame as a preview, in a fresh video ready to play from start. Observed behaviour : The video actually keep it’s playing position between re-render, even with a different key

[marvinhagemeister]

The recycler is gone with Preact X 🎉

[DavidBabel]

I see, thanks for your answer, that’s what i experienced, i will check your piece of code and give feedback for googlers.

Thanks for your feedback anyway.