Creating nested elements dynamically
I have this array of strings var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
.
How can I make these into DOM Elements one inside another from left to right, first element as the root element. Without using ID because of some reason.
And maybe by using loop for it to be flexible to any number of elements.
var new_element = document.createElement(arr[0]);
I'm expecting something like this:
<ul>
<li><strong><em><u>Text Here</u></em></strong></li>
</ul>
Thank you.
javascript html dom
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I have this array of strings var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
.
How can I make these into DOM Elements one inside another from left to right, first element as the root element. Without using ID because of some reason.
And maybe by using loop for it to be flexible to any number of elements.
var new_element = document.createElement(arr[0]);
I'm expecting something like this:
<ul>
<li><strong><em><u>Text Here</u></em></strong></li>
</ul>
Thank you.
javascript html dom
1
You want to know aboutNode.appendChild
.
– moonwave99
yesterday
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I have this array of strings var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
.
How can I make these into DOM Elements one inside another from left to right, first element as the root element. Without using ID because of some reason.
And maybe by using loop for it to be flexible to any number of elements.
var new_element = document.createElement(arr[0]);
I'm expecting something like this:
<ul>
<li><strong><em><u>Text Here</u></em></strong></li>
</ul>
Thank you.
javascript html dom
I have this array of strings var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
.
How can I make these into DOM Elements one inside another from left to right, first element as the root element. Without using ID because of some reason.
And maybe by using loop for it to be flexible to any number of elements.
var new_element = document.createElement(arr[0]);
I'm expecting something like this:
<ul>
<li><strong><em><u>Text Here</u></em></strong></li>
</ul>
Thank you.
javascript html dom
javascript html dom
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You want to know aboutNode.appendChild
.
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You want to know aboutNode.appendChild
.
– moonwave99
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You want to know about
Node.appendChild
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You can do this with reduceRight()
which avoids needing to query the result to get the deepest value because it starts with the deepest element and works out. The return value will be the topmost element:
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
It also fails gracefully with an empty array:
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
1
Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
add a comment |
You can use Array.prototype.reduce
and Node.prototype.appendChild
.
https://jsbin.com/hizetekato/edit?html,js,output
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
What about=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
?Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.
– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
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createDocumentFragment()
and run the array through a loop. On each iteration createElement()
and appendChild()
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
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You can do this with reduceRight()
which avoids needing to query the result to get the deepest value because it starts with the deepest element and works out. The return value will be the topmost element:
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
It also fails gracefully with an empty array:
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
1
Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
add a comment |
You can do this with reduceRight()
which avoids needing to query the result to get the deepest value because it starts with the deepest element and works out. The return value will be the topmost element:
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
It also fails gracefully with an empty array:
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
1
Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
add a comment |
You can do this with reduceRight()
which avoids needing to query the result to get the deepest value because it starts with the deepest element and works out. The return value will be the topmost element:
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
It also fails gracefully with an empty array:
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
You can do this with reduceRight()
which avoids needing to query the result to get the deepest value because it starts with the deepest element and works out. The return value will be the topmost element:
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
It also fails gracefully with an empty array:
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"]
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
var arr =
let el = arr.reduceRight((el, n) => {
let d = document.createElement(n)
d.appendChild(el)
return d
}, document.createTextNode("Text Here"))
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(el)
<div id = "container"></div>
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Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
add a comment |
1
Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
1
1
Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
Great! Works as expected. I'll be analyzing how this works and read about the reduce and reduceRight function. Thank you
– Muyie
yesterday
add a comment |
You can use Array.prototype.reduce
and Node.prototype.appendChild
.
https://jsbin.com/hizetekato/edit?html,js,output
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
What about=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
?Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.
– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
add a comment |
You can use Array.prototype.reduce
and Node.prototype.appendChild
.
https://jsbin.com/hizetekato/edit?html,js,output
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
What about=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
?Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.
– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
add a comment |
You can use Array.prototype.reduce
and Node.prototype.appendChild
.
https://jsbin.com/hizetekato/edit?html,js,output
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
You can use Array.prototype.reduce
and Node.prototype.appendChild
.
https://jsbin.com/hizetekato/edit?html,js,output
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
var arr = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
function createChildren(mount, arr) {
return arr.reduce((parent, elementName, i) => {
const element = document.createElement(elementName);
parent.appendChild(element);
return element;
}, mount);
}
const deepest = createChildren(document.querySelector('#root'), arr);
deepest.innerText = 'WebDevNSK'
<div id="root"></div>
edited yesterday
Jack Bashford
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answered yesterday
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Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
What about=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
?Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.
– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
add a comment |
Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
What about=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
?Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.
– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
Seems like this is what I am looking for. I'll try to analyze it. And read about .reduce() Thank you btw.
– Muyie
yesterday
What about
=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
? Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
What about
=> parent.appendChild(document.createElement(elementName));
? Node.appendChild
returns the appended child. However, readability is probably more important that concision.– Solomon Ucko
yesterday
add a comment |
createDocumentFragment()
and run the array through a loop. On each iteration createElement()
and appendChild()
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
add a comment |
createDocumentFragment()
and run the array through a loop. On each iteration createElement()
and appendChild()
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
add a comment |
createDocumentFragment()
and run the array through a loop. On each iteration createElement()
and appendChild()
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
createDocumentFragment()
and run the array through a loop. On each iteration createElement()
and appendChild()
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
const useless = ["ul", "li", "strong", "em", "u"];
let previous;
for (let u = 0; u < useless.length; u++) {
const current = document.createElement(useless[u]);
if (u === 0) {
frag.appendChild(current);
} else {
previous.appendChild(current);
}
previous = current;
}
document.body.appendChild(frag);
ul {
outline: 5px dashed green;
padding: 15px;
}
li {
outline: 5px solid blue;
padding: 12px;
}
strong {
outline: 5px dashed red;
padding: 9px
}
em {
outline: 5px dashed grey;
padding: 6px
}
u {
outline: 5px solid black;
padding: 3px;
}
u::before {
content: 'THIS TEXT SHOULD BE UNDERLINED'
}
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