How to dynamically create elements in JavaScript?

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by daisha , in category: Javascript , a year ago

How to dynamically create elements in JavaScript?

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by darrion.kuhn , a year ago

@daisha 

In JavaScript, you can dynamically create elements using the createElement method and add them to the DOM (Document Object Model) using various techniques.


Here's a step-by-step guide to dynamically create elements in JavaScript:



Here's an example that demonstrates the above steps:

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// Step 1: Select the parent element
const parentElement = document.getElementById('parent');

// Step 2: Create a new element
const newElement = document.createElement('div');

// Step 3: Add attributes to the new element
newElement.setAttribute('class', 'my-class');

// Step 4: Add content to the new element
newElement.innerHTML = "Some content";

// Step 5: Append the new element to the parent element
parentElement.appendChild(newElement);


This example dynamically creates a div element with the class name "my-class" and a text content of "Some content", then appends it to the parent element with the id "parent".