Here's some sample code:
function addTextNode(){
var newtext = document.createTextNode(" Some text added dynamically. ");
var para = document.getElementById("p1");
para.appendChild(newtext);
$("#p1").append("HI");
}
<div style="border: 1px solid red">
<p id="p1">First line of paragraph.<br /></p>
</div>
What is the difference between append() and appendChild()?
Any real time scenarios?
The main difference is that appendChild is a DOM method and append is a jQuery method. The second one uses the first as you can see on jQuery source code
append: function() {
return this.domManip(arguments, true, function( elem ) {
if ( this.nodeType === 1 || this.nodeType === 11 || this.nodeType === 9 ) {
this.appendChild( elem );
}
});
},
If you're using jQuery library on your project, you'll be safe always using append when adding elements to the page.
ParentNode.append() now. please check @SagarV's answer for more info.
now append is a method in JavaScript
MDN documentation on append method
Quoting MDN
The
ParentNode.appendmethod inserts a set of Node objects orDOMStringobjects after the last child of theParentNode.DOMStringobjects are inserted as equivalent Text nodes.
This is not supported by IE and Edge but supported by Chrome(54+), Firefox(49+) and Opera(39+).
The JavaScript's append is similar to jQuery's append.
You can pass multiple arguments.
var elm = document.getElementById('div1');
elm.append(document.createElement('p'),document.createElement('span'),document.createElement('div'));
console.log(elm.innerHTML);<div id="div1"></div>append is a jQuery method to append some content or HTML to an element.
$('#example').append('Some text or HTML');
appendChild is a pure DOM method for adding a child element.
document.getElementById('example').appendChild(newElement);
I know this is an old and answered question and I'm not looking for votes I just want to add an extra little thing that I think might help newcomers.
yes appendChild is a DOM method and append is JQuery method but practically the key difference is that appendChild takes a node as a parameter by that I mean if you want to add an empty paragraph to the DOM you need to create that p element first
var p = document.createElement('p')
then you can add it to the DOM whereas JQuery append creates that node for you and adds it to the DOM right away whether it's a text element or an html element
or a combination!
$('p').append('<span> I have been appended </span>');
appendChild is a DOM vanilla-js function.
append is a jQuery function.
They each have their own quirks.
The JavaScript appendchild method can be use to append an item to another element. The jQuery Append element does the same work but certainly in less number of lines:
Let us take an example to Append an item in a list:
a) With JavaScript
var n= document.createElement("LI"); // Create a <li> node
var tn = document.createTextNode("JavaScript"); // Create a text node
n.appendChild(tn); // Append the text to <li>
document.getElementById("myList").appendChild(n);
b) With jQuery
$("#myList").append("<li>jQuery</li>")
appendChild is a pure javascript method where as append is a jQuery method.
Both 'append' and 'appendChild' are now native Javascript functions and can be used concurrently.
For example:
let parent_div = document.querySelector('.hobbies');
let list_item = document.createElement('li');
list_item.style.color = 'red';
list_item.innerText = "Javascript added me here"
//running either one of these functions yield same result
const append_element = parent_div.append(list_item);
const append_child_element = parent_div.appendChild(list_item);
e.g
console.log(append_element) //returns undefined
whereas,
console.log(append_child_element) // returns 'li' node
Hence, the return value of append_child method can be used to store it in a variable and use it later, whereas, append is use and throw (anonymous) function by nature.
