All of the methods in this article by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer, authors of jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide, manipulate the DOM in some manner. A few of them simply change one of the attributes of an element, while others set an element's style properties.

All of the methods in this article by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer, authors of jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide, manipulate the DOM in some manner. In a previous article we saw methods that simply change one of the attributes of an element, while others set an element's style properties. In this article we cover methods for DOM insertion—inside, outside, and around. These methods allow us to insert new content inside and outside an existing element, and also surrounding existing content.