Why doesn't insertAdjacentHTML return anything? (eg. a NodeList)

[alystair]

Why does insertAdjacentElement return the resulting element, yet insertAdjacentHTML doesn't have a return value? In my mind it should return a NodeList if successful. Has this ever been discussed?

Also why does MDN link insertAdjacentElement to a W3C spec, and insertAdjacentHTML to WhatWG?

[annevk]

So, HTML is defined at https://w3c.github.io/DOM-Parsing/, Element is defined at https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/. If you can update MDN, that'd be good.

Making it return anything seems a bit involved looking at its definition.

[alystair]

If you can update MDN, that'd be good.

Seems I was confused whilst jumping through the bureaucratic hoops, insertAdjacentHTML indeed links to W3C and insertAdjacentElement links to WhatWG. I've edited the issue to reflect that.

[annevk]

Good, I suggest filing this request at https://github.com/w3c/DOM-Parsing/issues/new as this standard doesn't define it. Please keep in mind https://whatwg.org/faq#adding-new-features though, especially for feature requests it's important the motivation is clear.