jQuery insert element before and after

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In this video we will discuss how to insert elements before and after certain elements on the page.

To insert an element before another element
before
insertBefore

To insert an element after another element
after
inserAfter

Since these methods modify DOM, they belong to DOM manipulation category.

jquery before example

Replace < with LESSTHAN symbol and > with GREATERTHAN symbol.

Consider the following HTML
<span>Training Courses</span>
<div>jQuery</div>
<div>C#</div>
<div>ASP.NET</div>

The following line of code inserts h3 element before each of the div elements
$('div').before('<h3>Programming</h3>');

So the HTML in the DOM would now look as shown below. Notice that h3 element is added before every div element
<span>Training Courses</span>
<h3>Programming</h3><div>jQuery</div>
<h3>Programming</h3><div>C#</div>
<h3>Programming</h3><div>ASP.NET</div>

jquery insertbefore example : insertbefore method methods perform the same task as before. The only difference is in the syntax. With before method we first specify the target elements and then the content that we want to insert, where as we do the opposite with insertbefore method.

$('<h3>Programming</h3>').insertBefore('div');

jquery after example

Consider the following HTML
<span>Training Courses</span>
<div>jQuery</div>
<div>C#</div>
<div>ASP.NET</div>

The following line of code inserts h3 element after each of the div elements
$('div').after('<h3>Programming</h3>');

So the HTML in the DOM would now look as shown below. Notice that h3 element is added after every div element
<span>Training Courses</span>
<div>jQuery</div><h3>Programming</h3>
<div>C#</div><h3>Programming</h3>
<div>ASP.NET</div><h3>Programming</h3>

jquery insertafter example : insertafter method methods perform the same task as after. The only difference is in the syntax. With after method we first specify the target elements and then the content that we want to insert, where as we do the opposite with insertafter method.

$('<h3>Programming</h3>').insertAfter('div');

jquery insert existing element before or after another element : These methods (before, insertBefore, after, inserAfter) can also select an existing element on the page and insert it before or after another element.

Consider the following HTML
<span>Training Course</span>
<div>jQuery</div>
<div>C#</div>
<div>ASP.NET</div>

The following line of code inserts span element after each of the div elements
$('div').after($('span'));

So the HTML in the DOM would now look as shown below.
<div>jQuery</div><span>Training Course</span>
<div>C#</div><span>Training Course</span>
<div>ASP.NET</div><span>Training Course</span>

[chandrashekarb]

I Venkat start unit testing tutorial after this series .you don't know how valuable your videos are for so many newbies and experienced guys .I hope you will start unit testing tutorials thanks once again venkat

[mistery]

I guess when we use prepend or prependTo, the new element is added 'Inline' where as before or insertBefore adds the new element in a new line as a 'block' element.
Same goes to append/appendTo and after/insertAfter pairs. Thanks indeed, Venkat.

[phaniraj]

Hii venkat,   how are you ? Thank you very much for starting Jquery Tutorial. Can you please start Angular JS after completing Jquery Tutorial.

[Zugmaschine]

Hello kudvenkat. Really a really great, usefull course. You are a good video teacher. I have learned much. Thanks alot and greetings from Germany.

[osamaqarutee]

so what's the different between (after, insertAfter, before, insertBefore) and append, preAppend, appendTo, preAppendTo