jQuery appendTo() with Example


The appendTo() method in jQuery is used to insert HTML elements at the end of the selected elements.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(content).appendTo(selector)

Above, content is the content to be inserted.

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery appendTo() method −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("button").click(function(){
         $("<em>New</em>").appendTo("h3");
      });
   });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Blog Posts</h1>
<h3>How to install Java?</h3>
<h3>How to install Ruby?</h3>
<button>Click me to check new and old post status</button>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Now, click on the button above −

Updated on: 12-Nov-2019

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