In this article, you will learn How to Add New HTML Content using jQuery. Four jQuery Methods for add new content.

  • append()
  • prepend()
  • after()
  • before()

jQuery append() method

<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery append() Method</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("p").append(" <b>Appended text</b>.");
  });

  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("ol").append("<li>Appended item</li>");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>paragraph.</p>
<p>another paragraph.</p>
<ol>
  <li>item 1</li>
  <li>item 2</li>
  <li>item 3</li>
</ol>
<button id="btn1">Append text</button>
<button id="btn2">Append list items</button>
</body>
</html>

jQuery prepend() Method

<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery prepend() Method</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("p").prepend("<b>Prepended text</b>. ");
  });
  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("ol").prepend("<li>Prepended item</li>");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>paragraph.</p>
<p>another paragraph.</p>
<ol>
  <li>item 1</li>
  <li>item 2</li>
  <li>item 3</li>
</ol>
<button id="btn1">Prepend text</button>
<button id="btn2">Prepend list item</button>
</body>
</html>

jQuery after() and before() Methods

<html>
<title>jquery after() and before() Methods</title>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("img").before("<b>Before</b>");
  });

  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("img").after("<i>After</i>");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img src="img.jpg" alt="jQuery" width="100" height="100"><br><br>
<button id="btn1">Insert before</button>
<button id="btn2">Insert after</button>
</body>
</html>

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