Inserting document content

Content can be inserted at various points in the document, relative to existing content, using a variety of jQuery methods built for each purpose.

There are two sets of insertion functions: one set for inserting content inside of other content, and one for inserting outside of other content.

• append(): Appends content to the inside of the matched elements
• prepend(): Prepends content to the inside of the matched elements
• appendTo(): Appends the specified content to the inside of the matched elements
• prependTo(): Prepends the specified content to the inside of the matched elements

• after(): Appends content to the outside of the matched elements
• before(): Prepends content to the outside of the matched elements
• insertAfter(): Takes the specified content and appends it outside of the specified elements
• insertBefore(): Takes the specified content and prepends it outside of the specified elements