How to move an element into another element?
How to move an element into another element?
Question
I would like to move one DIV element inside another. For example, I want to move this (including all children):
<div id="source">
...
</div>
into this:
<div id="destination">
...
</div>
so that I have this:
<div id="destination">
<div id="source">
...
</div>
</div>
Accepted Answer
Ever tried plain JavaScript... destination.appendChild(source); ?
onclick = function(){ destination.appendChild(source); }div{ margin: .1em; }
#destination{ border: solid 1px red; }
#source {border: solid 1px gray; }<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="destination">
###
</div>
<div id="source">
***
</div>
</body>
</html>Popular Answer
You may want to use the appendTo function (which adds to the end of the element):
$("#source").appendTo("#destination");
Alternatively you could use the prependTo function (which adds to the beginning of the element):
$("#source").prependTo("#destination");
Example:
$("#appendTo").click(function() {
$("#moveMeIntoMain").appendTo($("#main"));
});
$("#prependTo").click(function() {
$("#moveMeIntoMain").prependTo($("#main"));
});#main {
border: 2px solid blue;
min-height: 100px;
}
.moveMeIntoMain {
border: 1px solid red;
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="main">main</div>
<div id="moveMeIntoMain" class="moveMeIntoMain">move me to main</div>
<button id="appendTo">appendTo main</button>
<button id="prependTo">prependTo main</button>Read more… Read less…
my solution:
MOVE:
jQuery("#NodesToMove").detach().appendTo('#DestinationContainerNode')
COPY:
jQuery("#NodesToMove").appendTo('#DestinationContainerNode')
Note the usage of .detach(). When copying, be careful that you are not duplicating IDs.
What about a JavaScript solution?
// Declare a fragment:
var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
// Append desired element to the fragment:
fragment.appendChild(document.getElementById('source'));
// Append fragment to desired element:
document.getElementById('destination').appendChild(fragment);
If the div where you want to put your element has content inside, and you want the element to show after the main content:
$("#destination").append($("#source"));
If the div where you want to put your element has content inside, and you want to show the element before the main content:
$("#destination").prepend($("#source"));
If the div where you want to put your element is empty, or you want to replace it entirely:
$("#element").html('<div id="source">...</div>');
If you want to duplicate an element before any of the above:
$("#destination").append($("#source").clone());
// etc.
You can use:
To Insert After,
jQuery("#source").insertAfter("#destination");
To Insert inside another element,
jQuery("#source").appendTo("#destination");