append-children

Append children to a DOM element.

Install

With npm do:

npm install --save append-children

Usage

var appendChildren = require('append-children')
var element = document.createElement('div')
 
// append a single thing
appendChildren(element, document.createElement('p'))
 
// append multiple things
appendChildren(element, [
  // other DOM elements
  document.createElement('span'),
  // strings and friends
  'hello world',
  123,
  /regexes/gi,
  new Date(),
  // nested arrays of things to append
  [[[someOtherElement()]]]
])
 
function someOtherElement() {
  var hello = document.createElement('span')
  appendChildren(hello, 'hello')
  var world = document.createElement('strong')
  appendChildren(world, 'world')
  return [hello, ' ', world]
}

API

appendChildren(element, child)

Append a DOM element child to another DOM element element.

appendChildren(element, str)

Append a string str to a DOM element element. A Text node will be created to contain the string. RegExps, Dates and Numbers are converted to a string using toString().

appendChildren(element, arr)

Append multiple things to a DOM element element. arr can be an array of any of the things accepted by the other forms.

License

MIT