create new html 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: 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: 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>

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