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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Posted by louiseretzlaff
louiseretzlaff
8,325 Points

Append an element to another

Hello

I need to append the newParagraph element to a contentDiv

Any suggestions - cant see where Iā€™m going wrong.

app.js 
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
var newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
newParagraph.className = 'panel';
newParagraph.appendChild('div');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">

        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Sylvester Hofstra
Sylvester Hofstra
12,022 Points
Sylvester Hofstra
Sylvester Hofstra
12,022 Points

When you want to append the newParagraph to the contentDiv you should do it like this:

var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
var newParagraph = document.createElement('p');

newParagraph.className = 'panel';
contentDiv.appendChild(newParagraph);

You mixed up the element on the DOM and the node you wanted to append. I myself made the mistake to put single quotes around my newParagraph variable so it also didn't work :)!