JavaScript node.insertAfter() Method

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JavaScript node.insertAfter() Method

The node.insertAfter() method inserts a new node after the reference node (specified node).

Note: The node.insertAfter() is not an inbuilt javascript method, instead we created a user-defined function.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="point">Start</p> <script> var parentNode = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]; var refNode = document.getElementById("point"); function insertAfter(newNode, refNode){ refNode.parentNode.insertBefore(newNode, refNode.nextSibling); } var newNode = document.createElement("p"); var textnode = document.createTextNode("End"); newNode.appendChild(textnode); insertAfter(newNode, refNode); </script> </body> </html>

Syntax

The following is just a calling of user-defined function (insertAfter()). For better understanding, we coded it to very much look like the syntax of node.insertBefore().

insertAfter(newNode, refNode)

Parameter Values

ValueTypeExplanation
newNodeRequiredThe node to be inserted.
refNodeRequiredThe node after which newNode is inserted.

More Examples

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <ol><li>Apple</li></ol> <button onclick="myFunction()">Add Mango</button> <script> var parentNode = document.getElementsByTagName("ol")[0]; function insertAfter(newNode, refNode){ refNode.parentNode.insertBefore(newNode, refNode.nextSibling); } function myFunction(){ var newNode = document.createElement("li"); var textnode = document.createTextNode("Mango"); newNode.appendChild(textnode); insertAfter(newNode, parentNode.childNodes[0]); } </script> </body> </html>

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