When I implement this code - the name of the checkbox wont show up in the browser alongside the checkbox - just the checkbox itself. whats the reason for this? Am I using the setattribute-function incorrectly?

<script type="text/javascript">

    var x = document.createElement("INPUT");
    x.setAttribute("type", "checkbox");
    x.setAttribute("value", "car");
    x.setAttribute("name", "vehicle");
    document.body.appendChild(x);

</script>

When I implement this code - the name of the checkbox wont show up in the browser alongside the checkbox - just the checkbox itself. whats the reason for this? Am I using the setattribute-function incorrectly?

<script type="text/javascript">

    var x = document.createElement("INPUT");
    x.setAttribute("type", "checkbox");
    x.setAttribute("value", "car");
    x.setAttribute("name", "vehicle");
    document.body.appendChild(x);

</script>

• javascript
• dom
• setattribute

• 1 The code works fine: jsfiddle/ag663kw8 name will not add the text vehicle next to your <input />; that's what <label> is for. – BenM Commented May 15, 2016 at 20:13
• Do you try to add a label? – Ygalbel Commented May 15, 2016 at 20:15

2 Answers 2

You need to add a label element:

var x = document.createElement("INPUT");
x.setAttribute("type", "checkbox");
x.setAttribute("value", "car");
x.setAttribute("name", "vehicle");
document.body.appendChild(x);

var label = document.createElement("label");
label.textContent = "vehicle";
document.body.appendChild(label);

You should create a label for the check box as you created checkbox dynamically and append it to body

    //create checkbox
    var x = document.createElement("INPUT");
    x.setAttribute("type", "checkbox");
    x.setAttribute("value", "car");
    x.setAttribute("name", "vehicle");

    //create label
    var y = document.createElement("label");
    y.innerHTML = "Here goes the text";

    //Append Them to body
    document.body.appendChild(x);
    document.body.appendChild(y);