How to create a div element in jQuery ?

Last Updated : 17 Jul, 2019

There are various method to create HTML element inside an HTML document using JQuery. But the simplest of all is append() and prepend() method. Method 1: Using prepend() Method: The prepend() method is used to insert a specified content at the beginning of the selected element. Example: This example uses prepend() method to create div element at the beginning of selected element.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    
<head>
    <title>Create div element</title>
    
    <script src=" 
https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    
    <!-- Script to add div element in the HTML document -->
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() </