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DocumentFragment: append() method

The DocumentFragment.append() method inserts a set of Node objects or string objects after the last child of the document fragment. String objects are inserted as equivalent Text nodes.

This method appends a child to a DocumentFragment. To append to an arbitrary element in the tree, see Element.append().

Syntax

js

append(param1)
append(param1, param2)
append(param1, param2, /* …, */ paramN)

Parameters

param1, …, paramN

A set of Node or string objects to insert.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException

Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.

Examples

Appending an element to a document fragment

js

let fragment = new DocumentFragment();
let div = document.createElement("div");
fragment.append(div);

fragment.children; // HTMLCollection [<div>]

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
append 54 17 49 No 41 10 54 54 49 41 10 6.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment/append