- Creation
var div = document.createElement('div'); - Addition
document.body.appendChild(div); - Style manipulation
- Positioning
div.style.left="32px";div.style.top = '-16px'; - Classes
div.className="ui-modal";
- Positioning
- Modification
- ID
div.id = 'test'; - contents (using HTML)
div.innerHTML = '<span class="msg">Hello world.</span>'; - contents (using text)
div.textContent="Hello world.";
- ID
- Removal
div.parentNode.removeChild(div); - Accessing
- by ID
div = document.getElementById('test'); - by tags
array = document.getElementsByTagName('div'); - by class
array = document.getElementsByClassName('ui-modal'); - by CSS selector (single)
div = document.querySelector('div #test .ui-modal'); - by CSS selector (multi)
array = document.querySelectorAll('div');
- by ID
- Relations (text nodes included)
- children
node = div.childNodes[i]; - sibling
node = div.nextSibling;
- children
- Relations (HTML elements only)
- children
element = div.children[i]; - sibling
element = div.nextElementSibling;
- children
This covers the basics of DOM manipulation. Remember, element addition to the body or a body-contained node is required for the newly created node to be visible within the document.