add new element to html javascript code example

Example 1: javascript append to paragraph

// In the JS script

var parElement = document.getElementById("myPar");
var textToAdd = document.createTextNode("Text to be added");
parElement.appendChild(textToAdd);

//In the HTML file

<p id="myPar"></p>

Example 2: how to add elements in javascript html

//adding 'p' tag to body

  var tag = document.createElement("p"); // <p></p>
  var text = document.createTextNode("TEST TEXT"); 
  tag.appendChild(text); // <p>TEST TEXT</p>
  var element = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
  element.appendChild(tag); // <body> <p>TEST TEXT</p> </body>

Example 3: code for adding new elements in javascriipt js

<html> 
<head> 
<title>t1</title> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
	function addNode() 
     {var newP = document.createElement("p"); 
	  var textNode = document.createTextNode(" This is a new text node"); 
	  newP.appendChild(textNode);
      document.getElementById("firstP").appendChild(newP); } 
</script> </head> 
<body> <p id="firstP">firstP<p> </body> 
</html>

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