jQuery tag possible?

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How do I create an element after the closing body tag

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Is it possible to jQuery the closing </body> tag and then add some JS code just above? IE: find:

$("</body>")

Then add some JS script just above this tag?

There is no such thing as a "closing tag" in the DOM. Tags, closing or otherwise, are a component of your markup, the DOM has only elements. — user229044, Feb 01 '13 at 19:57

thaJeztah · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-01T20:04:42.863

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You don't need to select the 'closing' tag, just select the body and append what you want:

$('body').append('<h1>foobar</h1>');

update

As @meagar mentioned correctly, with jQuery you don't select a 'closing' tag, but the whole 'element', e.g. the body, or a 'paragraph' (p) as a whole

Trying to make it more clear, this code:

<body>
    <p>my paragraph</p>
    <script>
       $(body).append('<p>new paragraph</p>');
    </script>
</body>

Will produce this result:

<body>
    <p>my paragraph</p>
    <script>
       $(body).append('<p>new paragraph</p>');
    </script>
    <p>new paragraph</p>
</body>

The new paragraph is appended at the end of the body

edited Feb 01 '13 at 20:04

answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:56

thaJeztah

Yes, but how can I have my code be the last big just before the body tag ends? – Brian Johnson Feb 01 '13 at 19:59
1

By using .append, as suggested. .append adds the content as the last thing in the target element. – Kevin B Feb 01 '13 at 20:01
Perfectly said Kevin. Thanks for the phrase "the last thing in..." All: thanks, that makes good sense now. – Brian Johnson Feb 01 '13 at 20:57

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:56

2

Just use .append().

$('body').append();

answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:56

Dom

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:56

2

If you wanted to do that you would query for body and then use the append method.

$("body").append();

answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:56

Brandon

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:57

1

To append content to the body use the following.

$('body').append(htmltoappend);

Is it possible to jQuery the closing tag and then add some JS code just above?

Why would you want to insert JS Code above the closing body tag?

answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:57

Justin Bicknell

OP misunderstood the jQuery selector, and thought you had to select the *closing* tag to add some content at the end of the body – thaJeztah Feb 01 '13 at 19:59
@thaJeztah - understood. But still, JS code is much different then html so I'm unsure if the OP is just trying to add js to page – Justin Bicknell Feb 01 '13 at 20:00
I've updated my answer, to clarify the result, hope this will help the OP to understand the workings of jQuery – thaJeztah Feb 01 '13 at 20:06

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