diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js b/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
index 9226646b7..02191f33d 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
@@ -162,21 +162,29 @@ function qCommentInsert(obj,id) {
 
 function confirmDelete() { return confirm(aStr.delitem); }
 
-function dropItem(url, object) {
+/**
+ * Hide and removes an item element from the DOM after the deletion url is
+ * successful, restore it else.
+ *
+ * @param {string} url The item removal URL
+ * @param {string} elementId The DOM id of the item element
+ * @returns {undefined}
+ */
+function dropItem(url, elementId) {
 	var confirm = confirmDelete();
 
-	//if the first character of the object is #, remove it because
-	// we use getElementById which don't need the #
-	// getElementByID selects elements even if there are special characters
-	// in the ID (like %) which won't work with jQuery
-	/// @todo ceck if we can solve this in the template
-	object = object.indexOf('#') == 0 ? object.substring(1) : object;
-
-	if(confirm) {
+	if (confirm) {
 		$('body').css('cursor', 'wait');
-		$(document.getElementById(object)).fadeTo('fast', 0.33, function () {
-			$.get(url).done(function() {
-				$(document.getElementById(object)).remove();
+
+		var $el = $(document.getElementById(elementId));
+
+		$el.fadeTo('fast', 0.33, function () {
+			$.get(url).then(function() {
+				$el.remove();
+			}).error(function() {
+				// @todo Show related error message
+				$el.show();
+			}).always(function() {
 				$('body').css('cursor', 'auto');
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl
index 90fbe03bb..0a6eca0c2 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <!-- ./TODO => Unknow block -->
 
 
-<div class="panel">
+<div class="panel" id="item-{{$item.guid}}">
 	<div class="wall-item-container panel-body{{$item.indent}} {{$item.shiny}} {{$item.previewing}}" >
 		<div class="media">
 			{{* Put additional actions in a top-right dropdown menu *}}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 						{{if $item.drop.dropping}}
 						<li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
 						<li role="menuitem">
-							<a class="navicon delete" onclick="dropItem('item/drop/{{$item.id}}', '#item-{{$item.guid}}'); return false;" title="{{$item.drop.delete}}"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> {{$item.drop.delete}}</a>
+							<a class="navicon delete" onclick="dropItem('item/drop/{{$item.id}}', 'item-{{$item.guid}}'); return false;" title="{{$item.drop.delete}}"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> {{$item.drop.delete}}</a>
 						</li>
 						{{/if}}
 					</ul>
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index e71dc7b84..85091cf1c 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ as the value of $top_child_total (this is done at the end of this file)
 
 					{{if $item.drop.dropping}}
 					<li role="menuitem">
-						<a class="navicon delete" onclick="dropItem('item/drop/{{$item.id}}', '#item-{{$item.guid}}'); return false;" title="{{$item.drop.delete}}"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> {{$item.drop.delete}}</a>
+						<a class="navicon delete" onclick="dropItem('item/drop/{{$item.id}}', 'item-{{$item.guid}}'); return false;" title="{{$item.drop.delete}}"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> {{$item.drop.delete}}</a>
 					</li>
 					{{/if}}
 				</ul>