jQuery - Add Elements
With jQuery, it is easy to add new elements/content.
Add New HTML Content
We will look at four jQuery methods that are used to add new content:
append() - Inserts content at the end of the selected elements
prepend() - Inserts content at the beginning of the selected elements
after() - Inserts content after the selected elements
before() - Inserts content before the selected elements
jQuery append() Method
The jQuery append() method inserts content AT THE END of the selected HTML elements.
Example
$("p").append("Some appended text.");
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jQuery prepend() Method
The jQuery prepend() method inserts content AT THE BEGINNING of the selected HTML elements.
Example
$("p").prepend("Some prepended text.");
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Add Several New Elements With append() and prepend()
In both examples above, we have only inserted some text/HTML at the
beginning/end of the selected HTML elements.
However, both the append() and prepend() methods can take an infinite number of new
elements as parameters. The new elements can be generated with text/HTML (like
we have done in the examples above), with jQuery, or with
JavaScript code and DOM elements.
In the following example, we create several new elements. The elements are
created with text/HTML, jQuery, and JavaScript/DOM. Then we append the new
elements to the text with the append() method (this would have worked for
prepend() too) :
Example
function appendText()
{
var txt1 = "<p>Text.</p>";
// Create element with HTML
var txt2 = $("<p></p>").text("Text."); // Create with jQuery
var txt3 = document.createElement("p"); // Create with DOM
txt3.innerHTML = "Text.";
$("body").append(txt1, txt2, txt3); // Append the new elements
}
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jQuery after() and before() Methods
The jQuery after() method inserts content AFTER the selected HTML elements.
The jQuery before() method inserts content BEFORE the selected HTML elements.
Example
$("img").after("Some text after");
$("img").before("Some text before");
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Add Several New Elements With after() and before()
Also, both the after() and before() methods can take an infinite number of new
elements as parameters. The new elements can be generated with text/HTML (like
we have done in the example above), with jQuery, or with
JavaScript code and DOM elements.
In the following example, we create several new elements. The elements are
created with text/HTML, jQuery, and JavaScript/DOM. Then we insert the new
elements to the text with the after() method (this would have worked for
before() too) :
Example
function afterText()
{
var txt1 = "<b>I </b>";
// Create element with HTML
var txt2 = $("<i></i>").text("love "); // Create with jQuery
var txt3 = document.createElement("b"); // Create with DOM
txt3.innerHTML = "jQuery!";
$("img").after(txt1, txt2, txt3);
// Insert new elements after <img>
}
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jQuery Exercises
Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
Use a jQuery method to insert the text "YES!" at the end of a <p> element.
$("p").("YES!");
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jQuery HTML Reference
For a complete overview of all jQuery HTML methods, please go to our
jQuery HTML/CSS Reference.
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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_dom_add.asp