Using document.append
The .append()
method inserts a set of Node or string objects after the last child of the document. This can be used to add a new node or move an existing child node to a new position. The append()
method does not return a value; its parameters are either Nodes or string objects.
Document: append() method
The Document.append()
method
inserts a set of Node
objects or string objects after
the last child of the document. String objects
are inserted as equivalent Text
nodes.
This method appends a child to a Document
. To append to an arbitrary element in the tree, see Element.append()
.
Syntax
append(param1) append(param1, param2) append(param1, param2, /* … ,*/ paramN)
Parameters
param1
, …,paramN
-
A set of
Node
or string objects to insert.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Exceptions
HierarchyRequestError
DOMException
-
Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.
Examples
Appending a root element to a document
If you try to append an element to an existing HTML document,
it might throw a HierarchyRequestError
DOMException
given a <html>
element already exists.
let html = document.createElement("html"); document.append(html); // HierarchyRequestError: The operation would yield an incorrect node tree.
If you are creating a new document without any existing element, you can append a root HTML element (or a root SVG element):
let doc = new Document(); let html = document.createElement("html"); doc.append(html); doc.children; // HTMLCollection [<html>]
Source: Mozilla, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/append
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