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 elementsprepend() - Inserts content at the beginning of the selected elementsafter() - Inserts content after the selected elementsbefore() - Inserts content before the selected elements
jQuery append() Method
The jQuery append() method inserts content AT THE END of the selected HTML elements.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#btn1").click(function(){
$("p").append(" <b>Appended text</b>.");
});
$("#btn2").click(function(){
$("ol").append("<li>Appended item</li>");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
<ol>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
</ol>
<button id="btn1">Append text</button>
<button id="btn2">Append list items</button>
</body>
</html>
jQuery prepend() Method
The jQuery prepend() method inserts content AT THE BEGINNING of the selected HTML elements.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#btn1").click(function(){
$("p").prepend("<b>Prepended text</b>. ");
});
$("#btn2").click(function(){
$("ol").prepend("<li>Prepended item</li>");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
<ol>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
</ol>
<button id="btn1">Prepend text</button>
<button id="btn2">Prepend list item</button>
</body>
</html>
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) :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function appendText() {
var txt1 = "<p>Text.</p>"; // Create text with HTML
var txt2 = $("<p></p>").text("Text."); // Create text with jQuery
var txt3 = document.createElement("p");
txt3.innerHTML = "Text."; // Create text with DOM
$("body").append(txt1, txt2, txt3); // Append new elements
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<button onclick="appendText()">Append text</button>
</body>
</html>
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.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#btn1").click(function(){
$("img").before("<b>Before</b>");
});
$("#btn2").click(function(){
$("img").after("<i>After</i>");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img src="ok.gif" alt="jQuery" width="100" height="140"><br><br>
<button id="btn1">Insert before</button>
<button id="btn2">Insert after</button>
</body>
</html>
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) :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
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
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img src="ok.gif" alt="jQuery" width="100" height="140">
<p>Click the button to insert text after the image.</p>
<button onclick="afterText()">Insert after</button>
</body>
</html>
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