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title	short-title	slug	page-type	browser-compat
Element: after() method	after()	Web/API/Element/after	web-api-instance-method	api.Element.after

{{APIRef("DOM")}}

The Element.after() method inserts a set of {{domxref("Node")}} or string objects in the children list of the Element's parent, just after the Element. String objects are inserted as equivalent {{domxref("Text")}} nodes.

Syntax

after(node1)
after(node1, node2)
after(node1, node2, /* …, */ nodeN)

Parameters

• node1, …, nodeN
  • : A set of {{domxref("Node")}} or string objects to insert.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Exceptions

• HierarchyRequestError {{DOMxRef("DOMException")}}
  • : Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.

Examples

Inserting an element

let container = document.createElement("div");
let p = document.createElement("p");
container.appendChild(p);
let span = document.createElement("span");

p.after(span);

console.log(container.outerHTML);
// "<div><p></p><span></span></div>"

Inserting text

let container = document.createElement("div");
let p = document.createElement("p");
container.appendChild(p);

p.after("Text");

console.log(container.outerHTML);
// "<div><p></p>Text</div>"

Inserting an element and text

let container = document.createElement("div");
let p = document.createElement("p");
container.appendChild(p);
let span = document.createElement("span");

p.after(span, "Text");

console.log(container.outerHTML);
// "<div><p></p><span></span>Text</div>"

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{domxref("Element.before()")}}
• {{domxref("Element.append()")}}
• {{domxref("Node.appendChild()")}}
• {{domxref("Element.insertAdjacentElement()")}}
• {{domxref("NodeList")}}