I have a div and i want to append another div inside it. but, by using appendChild() it always insert DOM element in end of container element.but i want to insert it in starting of container div.
How to achieve this ?

var newDiv= document.createElement('div');
newDiv.innerHTML = "<input type='text'/>";
var item = document.getElementById('containerDivId');
item.appendChild(newDiv);`

I have a div and i want to append another div inside it. but, by using appendChild() it always insert DOM element in end of container element.but i want to insert it in starting of container div.
How to achieve this ?

var newDiv= document.createElement('div');
newDiv.innerHTML = "<input type='text'/>";
var item = document.getElementById('containerDivId');
item.appendChild(newDiv);`

• javascript
• jquery
• html
• dom

• Possible duplicate: stackoverflow./questions/3391576/… – Afshin Mehrabani Commented Feb 27, 2013 at 11:14

6 Answers 6

prepend() is what u need..

Insert content, specified by the parameter, to the beginning of each element in the set of matched elements.

 item.prepend(newDiv);

use 'item.insertBefore(newDiv, item.firstChild);'

Since you've included jquery tag... You can use prepend() method.

Or you could use pure JS insertBefore:

item.insertBefore(newDiv, item.firstChild);

You can use prepend function in jQuery. For example,

$(item).prepend(newDiv);

I think you find insertBefore.

parentElem.insertBefore(insertedElem, parentElem.firstChild);

You can use prepend() on the parent element to add a child first.

http://api.jquery./prepend/

I don't have time to test it, but i think that will work.

var newDiv= document.createElement('div');
    newDiv.innerHTML = "<input type='text'/>";
var item = document.getElementById('containerDivId');
    item.prepend(newDiv);