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DocumentFragment: prepend() method

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

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

Syntax

prepend(param1)
prepend(param1, param2)
prepend(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

Prepending an element to a document fragment

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

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

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-parentnode-prepend①

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
`prepend`	54	17	49	No	41	10	54	54	49	41	10	6.0