// The classic createElement
// -------------------------
// create a paragraph element using document.createElement
const elem = document.createElement(`p`);
elem.id = `myBrandnewDiv1`;
// put in some text
elem.appendChild(document.createTextNode(`My brand new div #1`));
// append some html (for demo, preferrably don't use innerHTML)
elem.innerHTML += ` => created using
<code>document.createElement</code>`;
// append a new paragraph within #myBrandNewDiv1
const nested = elem.appendChild(document.createElement(`p`));
nested.classList.add(`nested`);
// add some text to that
nested.textContent = `I am nested!`;
// the elements are still in memory, now add the
// whole enchillada to the document
document.body.appendChild(elem);
// insertAdjacentHTML
// ------------------
// nest an element within the nested div
nested.insertAdjacentHTML(`afterbegin`,
`<div id="nestedWithin#nested">
This text will appear <i>above</i> the text of
my parent, that being div#nested.
Someone had the nerve to insert me using
<code>insertAdjacentHTML</code>
</div>`);
// Object.assign
// -------------
// Use Object.assign to create an element and
// assign properties/html to it in one go
const newElem = Object.assign(
document.createElement(`div`),
{ id: `myBrandnewDiv2`,
innerHTML: `div#myBrandnewDiv2 signing in.
I was <i>assigned</i> using <code>Object.assign</code>…`});
document.body.appendChild(newElem);
// insertAdjacentElement combined with Object.assign
// -------------------------------------------------
// use the above technique combined with insertAdjacentElement
newElem.insertAdjacentElement(
`beforeend`,
Object.assign(document.createElement(`span`),
{ id: `myBrandnewnested2_nested`,
innerHTML: `<br>Me too! And appended I was
with <code>insertAdjacentElement</code>` })
);
// createDocumentFragment
// ----------------------
// Use a document fragment to create/inject html
const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
const mdnLnk = `https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/` +
`docs/Web/API/Document/createDocumentFragment`;
fragment.appendChild(
Object.assign(
document.createElement(`p`),
{innerHTML: `Regards from <code>createDocumentFragment</code>
(see <a href="${mdnLnk}">MDN</a>)`})
);
document.querySelector(`#myBrandnewDiv2`).appendChild(fragment);
// Create, but don't inject
// ------------------------
const virtual = Object.assign(
document.createElement(`p`),
{ innerHTML: `
<a href="#id1">id1</a>
<div id="id2">Hi!</div>
<p id="id3">Hi 2!</p>`,
classList: [`xyz`], } );
const prepareHtml4Reporting = html =>
html.replace(/</g, `<`)
.replace(/
s+/g, `
`)
.replace(/
/g, `
`);
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML(
`beforeend`,
`<h3>html only</h3><pre>${
prepareHtml4Reporting(virtual.innerHTML)}</pre>`);
var list=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
list.push(6);
// .push allows you to add a value to the end of a list