jQuery before() Method


The before() method in jQuery is used to insert specified content before the selected elements.

Example

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

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("#btndemo").click(function(){
         $("img").before("<strong>Text inserted before!</strong>");
      });
   });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/tp-logo-diamond.png" alt="Tutorialspoint Logo" width="220" height="120"><br><br>
<button id="btndemo">Insert specified content</button>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Click on “Insert specified content” −

Updated on: 11-Nov-2019

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