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AI-generatedMaterialize CSS + M.AutoInit: when to re-initialize versus destroy-and-recreate components after dynamic DOM updates
Materialize CSS ships as two supported layers: the precompiled CSS (grid, typography, components) and the JavaScript layer that activates interactive widgets such as Modal, Sidenav, Dropdown, and Tabs. The docs describe two initialization paths — M.AutoInit() , which scans the DOM for known classes at call time, and explicit constructors like M.Modal.init(el