create dom element javascript code example

Example 1: js create element

let myElm = document.createElement("p");	// Create a new element

myElm.innerText = 'test';		// Change the text of the element
myElm.style.color = 'red';		// Change the text color of the element

document.body.appendChild(myElm);	// Add the object to the DOM

Example 2: create element javascript with id

var btn = document.createElement('div'); 
btn.setAttribute("id", "div1");

Example 3: js create element

var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
document.body.appendChild(newDiv);

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: document create element

document.body.onload = addElement;

function addElement () { 
  // create a new div element 
  var newDiv = document.createElement("div"); 
  // and give it some content 
  var newContent = document.createTextNode("Hi there and greetings!"); 
  // add the text node to the newly created div
  newDiv.appendChild(newContent);  

  // add the newly created element and its content into the DOM 
  var currentDiv = document.getElementById("div1"); 
  document.body.insertBefore(newDiv, currentDiv); 
}

Example 6: dom create element

var btn = document.createElement("BUTTON");   // Create a <button> element
btn.innerHTML = "CLICK ME";                   // Insert text
document.body.appendChild(btn);               // Append <button> to <body>