js creating a div js code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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); 
}

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