The best way to add DOM elements with jQuery is to append the HTML string, using append() method. You can try to run the following code to insert DOM element −
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { $("div").click(function () { $(this).append('<div class = "div"></div>' ); }); }); </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> <div class = "div" style = "background-color:yellow;"></div> <div class = "div" style = "background-color:gray;"></div> <div class = "div" style = "background-color:green;"></div> </body> </html>