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Adding/Removing Elements

Learn how to create and remove elements from the DOM using JavaScript.

document.createElement(element)

You can create a new element using document.createElement(), with the argument element, which is the element name.

Implementation of document.createElement(element)

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Element.appendChild(element_node)

You can use the Element.appendChild(element_node) to attach one element node to another element node as a child.

For instance, we can append h1 as a child element of the <div> element.

Implementation of Element.appendChild(element_node)

Now the newly created <h1> element shows up in the output since we have added it as a child element of the content <div> container.

Element.removeChild(element_node)

You can also use Element.removeChild() to remove a child from a parent element within the HTML document. The function will return the removed element.

Console
Implementation of Element.removeChild(element_node)

Exercise

Create an unordered list with at least three list items using only JavaScript. The unordered list should show up in the HTML document and output correctly.


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