HTML DOM createElement()Method

Example

Create a button:

var btn=document.createElement("BUTTON");

Output result:

HTML elements often contain text. To create a button with specified text, you need to add a text node after the button element:

Create a button with specified text:

var btn=document.createElement("BUTTON");
var t=document.createTextNode("CLICK ME");
btn.appendChild(t);

Output result:

The createElement() method creates an element by the specified name.

All major browsers support the createElement() method.

document.createElement(nodename)

Parameter	Type	Description
nodename	String	Required. The name of the element to create.

Type	Description
Element object	The created element node

DOM Version	Core Level 1 Document Object

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