Data Structure
Networking
RDBMS
Operating System
Java
MS Excel
iOS
HTML
CSS
Android
Python
C Programming
C++
C#
MongoDB
MySQL
Javascript
PHP
- Selected Reading
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
- Developer's Best Practices
- Questions and Answers
- Effective Resume Writing
- HR Interview Questions
- Computer Glossary
- Who is Who
How to insert an element into DOM using jQuery?
There may be a situation when you would like to insert new one or more DOM elements in your existing document. jQuery provides various methods to insert elements at various locations.
The after( content ) method insert content after each of the matched elements whereas the method before( content ) method inserts content before each of the matched elements.
After content
The after( content ) method inserts content after each of the matched elements.
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to insert an element into DOM, with after() method:
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery after(content) method</title>
<script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("div").click(function () {
$(this).after('<div class = "div"></div>' );
});
});
</script>
<style>
.div {
margin:10px;
padding:12px;
border:2px solid #666;
width:60px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click on any square below to see the result:</p>
<div class = "div" style = "background-color:blue;"></div>
<div class = "div" style = "background-color:green;"></div>
<div class = "div" style = "background-color:red;"></div>
</body>
</html>
Before content
The before( content ) method inserts content before each of the matched elements.
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to insert an element into DOM, with before() method:
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery before(content) method</title>
<script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("div").click(function () {
$(this).before('<div class = "div"></div>' );
});
});
</script>
<style>
.div {
margin:10px;
padding:12px;
border:2px solid #666;
width:60px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click on any square below to see the result:</p>
<div class = "div" style = "background-color:blue;"></div>
<div class = "div" style = "background-color:green;"></div>
<div class = "div" style = "background-color:red;"></div>
</body>
</html>
459 Views
