Baseline Widely available
The Element.before()
method inserts a set of Node
objects or strings in the children list of this Element
's parent, just before this Element
. Strings are inserted as equivalent Text
nodes.
before(param1)
before(param1, param2)
before(param1, param2, /* â¦, */ paramN)
Parameters
param1
, â¦, paramN
A set of Node
objects or strings to insert.
None (undefined
).
HierarchyRequestError
DOMException
Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.
let container = document.createElement("div");
let p = document.createElement("p");
container.appendChild(p);
let span = document.createElement("span");
p.before(span);
console.log(container.outerHTML);
// "<div><span></span><p></p></div>"
Inserting text
let container = document.createElement("div");
let p = document.createElement("p");
container.appendChild(p);
p.before("Text");
console.log(container.outerHTML);
// "<div>Text<p></p></div>"
Inserting an element and text
let container = document.createElement("div");
let p = document.createElement("p");
container.appendChild(p);
let span = document.createElement("span");
p.before(span, "Text");
console.log(container.outerHTML);
// "<div><span></span>Text<p></p></div>"
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.3