jQuery appendTo() Method

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The appendTo() method is an inbuilt method in jQuery that is used to insert HTML element at the end of the selected element.

Syntax:

$(content).appendTo(selector)

Here the element content specifies the content to be inserted.

Parameters: It accepts a parameters “selector” that specifies the elements to which content will be appended.

Return Value: It returns the modified selected element.

Example 1: In this example, id content with the element “span” will be appended to the id “#hel” element.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <script src= 
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"> 
    </script> 
    <style> 
        #hel { 
            background: lightgreen; 
            display: block; 
            border: 2px solid green; 
            padding: 10px; 
            width: 300px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <span>zambiatek Writer !!!</span> 
    <div id="hel">Hello- </div> 
    <script> 
        $("span").appendTo("#hel");  
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Example 2: In the below example, we are directly appending a “p” element using this method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
      <script src= 
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"> 
    </script> 
    <style> 
        body { 
            display: block; 
            width: 250px; 
            height: 100px; 
            border: 2px solid green; 
            padding: 10px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h2>Greetings from gfg !</h2> 
    <div class="container"> 
        <div class="inner"> 
            Hello 
        </div> 
    </div> 
    <script> 
        $("<p>Everyone !!!</p>").appendTo(".inner");  
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

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