after()
Inserts content after one or more HTML elements, which can be:
- The elements that match the selector of a script (see results).
- One element that matches the selector of a script that runs for "Each matched element" (see this and Setting the scope of a script).
- The elements returned by a query in the template (see query()).
See also: before().
after(content)
Inserts content after one or more HTML elements and creates a new result set.
content
String, HTML string or result set to insert after the matched elements. In case a plain text string is provided, it is automatically wrapped in a <span> element to avoid orphan text nodes to appear in the <body> element.
Examples
This script looks up an element with the ID #salesrep and inserts a paragraph after it.
query("#salesrep").after("<p>Lorem ipsum</p>");
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Matched element |
Matched element after script execution |
|---|---|
|
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |
This script looks up an element with the ID #salesrep, sets its text color to red and inserts a paragraph after it.
query("#salesrep").after("<p>Lorem ipsum</p>").css("color","red");
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Matched element |
Matched element after script execution |
|---|---|
|
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |
<p id="salesrep" style="color: red;">Peter Parker</p> |
Note that the way the functions after() and css() are used in this script is called 'chaining'. Chaining is optional; the same could be achieved by storing the result of the query in a variable:
var salesrep = query("#salesrep");
salesrep.after("<p>Lorem ipsum</p>");
salesrep.css("color","red");The following script inserts a paragraph after the elements in the results (the set of HTML elements that match the selector of the script).
results.after("<p>Lorem Ipsum</p>");
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Matched element |
Matched element after script execution |
|---|---|
|
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |
This script looks for the string "Lorem " in the results (the set of HTML elements that match the selector of the script) and inserts the string "ipsum" right after that text. The string is automatically enclosed in a span.
results.find("Lorem ").after("ipsum");
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Matched element |
Matched element after script execution |
|---|---|
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<p>Lorem dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> |
<p>Lorem <span>ipsum</span> dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> |
This script looks up an element with the ID #salesrep and inserts a string after it. The string is automatically enclosed in a span.
query("#salesrep").after("Lorem Ipsum");
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Matched element |
Matched element after script execution |
|---|---|
|
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |
<p id="salesrep">Peter Parker</p> |