Appends an element as a child to the object.
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Syntax
object.appendChild(newChild)Parameters
- newChild [in]
-
Type: IHTMLDOMNode
Object that specifies the element to append.
Return value
Type: IHTMLDOMNode
Returns a reference to the element that is appended to the object.Standards information
Remarks
The appendChild method appends elements to the end of the childNodes collection.
To display new elements on the page, you must append them within the body element. For example, the following syntax demonstrates how to add a div element to the body.
var oDiv=document.createElement("div");
document.body.appendChild(oDiv);
This method is accessible at run time. If elements are removed at run time, before the closing tag is parsed, areas of the document might not render.
Examples
This example uses the appendChild method to add an item to an unordered list.
<!doctype html>
<html>
</head>
<title>Append child sample</title>
<script>
function fnAppend() {
var list = document.getElementById("mylist");
var newnode = document.createElement("li");
list.appendChild(newnode);
newnode.innerText = "List node 5";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<ul id = "mylist">
<li>List node 1</li>
<li>List node 2</li>
<li>List node 3</li>
<li>List node 4</li>
</ul>
<input
type = "button"
value = "Append child"
onclick = "fnAppend()" />
</body>
</html>
See also
- a
- abbr
- address
- attribute
- article
- aside
- b
- bdo
- blockQuote
- body
- button
- caption
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- comment
- dd
- del
- div
- dl
- dt
- documentType
- em
- figcaption
- figure
- fieldSet
- footer
- form
- head
- header
- hgroup
- hn
- html
- i
- iframe
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=file
- input type=image
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=reset
- input type=submit
- input type=text
- ins
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- map
- mark
- nav
- ol
- option
- p
- pre
- ProcessingInstruction
- q
- s
- samp
- section
- small
- span
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- tr
- u
- ul
- var
- Reference
- cloneNode
- insertBefore
- Conceptual
- About the W3C Document Object Model
Build date: 11/28/2012
