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JavaScript

Jasiu Hanc
Jasiu Hanc
8,341 Points
Posted by Jasiu Hanc
Jasiu Hanc
8,341 Points

appending $image to $overlay

Hi,

I have a problem understanding this.

When we write:

var $overlay = $("<div id="overlay"></div>"); var $image = $("<img>"); $overlay.append($image); $("body").append($overlay);

Andrew says that it will append both of them to the body and I get that but then @1:22 he says: "So the structure's now like the body has the div of id overlay added. And within that div, we get the image added."

I thought append means we append at the end of the element so how can it append $image in the middle of the $overlay string?

1 Answer

Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points
Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points

If you check out the jQuery Docs you can find the .append() function under DOM Manipulation > Insertion, Inside It throws me off too http://api.jquery.com/category/manipulation/dom-insertion-inside/