What is the best way to add DOM elements with jQuery?

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

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 −

Example

Live Demo

<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>