jQuery - prependto( selector ) Method

Description

The prependTo( selector ) method prepends all of the matched elements to another, specified, set of elements.

Compare it with appendTo( selector ) method.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.prependTo( selector )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

selector − This is the target to which the content will be prepended.

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            $("div").click(function () {
               $(this).prependTo("#result");
            });
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         .div{ margin:10px;padding:12px; border:2px solid #666; width:60px;}
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <p>Click on any square below to see the result:</p>
      <p id = "result"> THIS IS TEST </p>
      <hr />
		
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:blue;"></div>
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:green;"></div>
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:red;"></div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-dom.htm