insert element 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: 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: 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>

Example 4: Inserting HTML elements with JavaScript

function create(htmlStr) {
    var frag = document.createDocumentFragment(),
        temp = document.createElement('div');
    temp.innerHTML = htmlStr;
    while (temp.firstChild) {
        frag.appendChild(temp.firstChild);
    }
    return frag;
}

var fragment = create('<div>Hello!</div><p>...</p>');
// You can use native DOM methods to insert the fragment:
document.body.insertBefore(fragment, document.body.childNodes[0]);

Example 5: add a child html object to another html object in js

//Add child at end of object children list
parent.append(child);
//Add child at start of object children list
parent.insertBefore(child, list.childNodes[0]);