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the necessary references. Let‘s see the appendChild() method in action, by using it to combine
the two nodes that we create.
newNode = document.createElement('b'); newText = document.createTextNode("Something to
add!");newNode.appendChild(newText);
At this point we would have this (X)HTML fragment:
Something to add
We could then add this markup into the document once we have found a convenient place to
insert it. For example, we might use
current = document.getElementById('p1');current.appendChild(newNode);
to append the bold text fragment to the end of our test paragraph. The following example
demonstrates a more complex use of insert and append that places user-entered text before,
within, and after a specified element:
Note If you have never seen DOM functionality before, you are highly encouraged to try this
example yourself. You can type it in manually or find it online at the support site for this
book, www.javascriptref.com.
DOM Adding