jQuery before()
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- This jQuery method is used to add the given content before the selected HTML elements means this method insert a new element specified by the user before the every matched element.
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jQuery before
Syntax:
$(selector).before(content,function(index));
Parameter description:
- content: This represents the contents which to be insert before the selected elements. It can be either plain text or it may contain HTML tags. It is a mandatory parameter. Possible values for this parameter are:
- function(index): This represents a function which used to return the content to insert. It is optional.
- index: This parameter is used to get the index position of the element in the set.
2 DOM elements
3 jQuery objects
Note:
If you want to insert the content after the selected elements then use after() method.
Example:
In this example we insert a new paragraph before the each <h3> element.
<html>
<head>
<title> jQuery Example </title>
<script type = "text/javascript"
src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<style>
.para1{
background:pink;
padding:10px;
}
button{
background:green;
padding:10px;
color:white;
border:1px solid green;
}
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("button").click(function(){
$text="<p class='para1'>This is the newly inserted paragraph.</p>";
$('h3').before($text);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2> jQuery before() Method Example </h2>
<h3> This is heading1. </h3>
<h3> This is heading2. </h3>
<button> Click me! </button>
</body>
</html>
Output:
When you click the button,
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