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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Solution: Using nextElementSibling

Monika Frankowska
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Monika Frankowska
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Monika Frankowska
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Working with nextSibling as a solution for inserting after the element

I've used 

ul.insertBefore(li, nextLi.nextSibling);

not 

ul.insertBefore(nextLi, li);

and the code is working fine. Is it ok to solve it this way?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Technically, it's equally effective as a solution, but it's a bit more complicated. Plus it relies on the new item being inserted at the end when "nextSibling" doesn't exist (and returns null). That could potentially confuse readers who are not intimately familiar with the operation of "insertBefore".