How to append HTML elements in Javascript?

Question

I am trying to append two HTML elements and pass it to the after() function in jquery:

$('div.masterButtons').after(function () {
    var foobar = $('<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>');
    var foobaz = $('<div>foo<div>baz</div></div>');
    return (foobar + foobaz)
    }
);

It prints:

[object Object][object Object]

How do I append the two elements? I am avoiding concatenating two html strings because the divs are far more complicated than these and I would need jquery elements to build it.

Tried using Handelbars or other templating framework?

Beri
– Beri

2014-11-21 08:46:05 +00:00
Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 8:46 — Beri
– Beri, Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 8:46

Arun P Johny · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-21 08:43:56Z

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both foobar and foobaz are jQuery object, you can't use + to add them

$('div.masterButtons').after(function () {
    var foobar = $('<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>');
    var foobaz = $('<div>foo<div>baz</div></div>');
    return foobar.add(foobaz)
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="masterButtons"></div>

answered Nov 21, 2014 at 8:43

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:27:27Z

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If you really like having the function there, use the answer provided by https://stackoverflow.com/users/114251/arun-p-johny . Alternatively, you could just simplify to:

$('div.masterButtons')
    .after('<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>')
    .after('<div>foo<div>baz</div></div>');

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:27

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answered Nov 21, 2014 at 8:48

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Stéphane Bruckert · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-21 10:22:40Z

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You can also used .insertAfter

$('div.masterButtons').insertAfter('<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>')

edited Nov 21, 2014 at 10:22

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answered Nov 21, 2014 at 9:52

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Antoine Chwalek · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-21 10:36:37Z

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Based on the jQuery .after() documentation you have many ways to do that.

$('div.masterButtons')
.after('<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>','<div>foo<div>baz</div></div>');

or

$('div.masterButtons')
.after('<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>')
.after('<div>foo<div>baz</div></div>');

or

var barAndBaz = ['<div>foo<div>bar</div></div>','<div>foo<div>baz</div></div>'];
$('div.masterButtons').after(barAndBaz);

answered Nov 21, 2014 at 10:36

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