insertAdjacentHTML method (Windows)

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Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.

Syntax

object.insertAdjacentHTML(where, html)

Parameters

where [in]

Type: String

String that specifies where to insert the HTML text, using one of the following values:

beforeBegin: Inserts html immediately before the object.
afterBegin: Inserts html after the start of the object but before all other content in the object.
beforeEnd: Inserts html immediately before the end of the object but after all other content in the object.
afterEnd: Inserts html immediately after the end of the object.

html [in]

Type: String

String that specifies the HTML text to insert. The string can be a combination of text and HTML tags. This must be well-formed, valid HTML or this method will fail.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

If the text contains HTML tags, the method parses and formats the text as it is inserted.

You cannot insert text while the document is loading. Wait for the onload event to fire before attempting to call this method.

When using the insertAdjacentHTML method to insert script, you must include the DEFER attribute in the script element.

Examples

This example uses the insertAdjacentHTML method to insert script into the page.


var sHTML="<input type=button onclick=" + 
    "go2()" + " value='Click Me'><BR>"
var sScript='<SCRIPT DEFER>'
sScript = sScript + 
    'function go2(){ console.log("Hello from inserted script.") }'
sScript = sScript + '</script' + '>';
ScriptDiv.insertAdjacentHTML("afterBegin",sHTML + sScript);

insertAdjacentHTML method