insert element html javascript code example

Example 1: insert element to dom

var node = document.createElement("LI");                 // Create a <li> node

 var textnode = document.createTextNode("Water");         // Create a text node

 node.appendChild(textnode);                              // Append the text to <li>

 document.getElementById("myList").appendChild(node);     // Append <li> to <ul> with id="myList"

Example 2: 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 3: 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 4: javascript add div

<div id="new">
<p id="p1">Tutorix</p>
<p id="p2">Tutorialspoint</p>
</div>
<script>
   var tag = document.createElement("p");
   var text = document.createTextNode("Tutorix is the best e-learning platform");
   tag.appendChild(text);
   var element = document.getElementById("new");
   element.appendChild(tag);
</script>

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