The HTML DOM insertAdjacentElement() method inserts an element at a specified position.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Calling insertAdjacentElement() with parameters of positionString and element
node.insertAdjacentElement(“positionString”, element)
Position Strings
Here, “positionString” can be the following −
| positionString | Description |
|---|---|
| afterbegin | It inserts element after the beginning of node element |
| afterend | It inserts element after the node element |
| beforebegin | It inserts element before the node element |
| beforeend | It inserts element before the end of node element |
Example
Let us see an example for InsertAdjacentElement() method −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>insertAdjacentElement()</title>
<style>
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>insertAdjacentElement( )</legend>
<h1>Family Tree</h1>
<span id="Father">Father --></span>
<span id="GrandFather">Grand Father --></span>
<span id="Myself">Myself</span>
<input type="button" onclick="rectifyTree()" value="Correct Family Tree">
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
function rectifyTree() {
var FSpan = document.getElementById("Father");
var GFSpan = document.getElementById("GrandFather");
GFSpan.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", FSpan);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Before clicking ‘Correct Family Tree’ button −
After clicking ‘Correct Family Tree’ button −
