p5.js | child() Function

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The child() function is used to add the element as a child element to the parent element. This function accepts either a string ID, DOM node, or p5.Element. If this function does not contain any parameters then it returns an array of children DOM nodes.

Note: This function uses the p5.dom library. So add the following line in the head section of the index.html file.

<script language="javascript" 
    type="text/javascript" src="path/to/p5.dom.js"> 
</script> 

Syntax:

child()

child( child )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter child which holds the string or p5.Element. The ID, DOM node, or p5.Element is used to add as a current element.

Return Value: It returns an array of child nodes.

Below example illustrates the child() function in p5.js:

Example:

function setup() {   
      
    // Create Canvas of given size  
    var cvs = createCanvas(600, 250); 
} 
   
function draw() { 
     
    // Set the background color 
    background('green');  
     
    // Use createDiv() function to 
    // create a div element 
    var myDiv = createDiv('zambiatek'); 
     
    var myDiv1 = createDiv('A computer science portal for zambiatek'); 
     
    // Use child() function 
    myDiv.child(myDiv1); 
     
    // Set the position of div element 
    myDiv.position(150, 100);   
     
    myDiv.style('text-align', 'center'); 
     
    // Set the font-size of text 
    myDiv.style('font-size', '24px'); 
     
    // Set the font color 
    myDiv.style('color', 'white'); 
   
} 