appendTo() Method - Javascript jQuery Method and Property

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Description

The appendTo() method inserts HTML elements at the end of the selected elements.

If content is an existing element, it will be moved from its current position, and inserted at the end of the selected elements.

Syntax

Parameter Require Description
content Required. HTML tags content to insert.
selector Required. on which elements to append the content to

The following code shows how to Insert a <span> element at the end of each <p> element:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("button").click(function(){
        $("<span>new!</span>").appendTo("p");
    });/*from ww w .j  ava 2s.  c  om*/
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<button>Insert span element at the end of each p element</button>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

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