jQuery | Create a div element

Creating a <div> element using jQuery can be done in following steps:

Steps:

Create a new <div> element.
Choose a parent element, where to put this newly created element.
Put the created div element into parent element.

Example 1: This example creates a <div> element and uses append() method to append the element at the end of parent element.

<!DOCTYPE html>   
<html>   
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        Create div element using jQuery 
    </title> 
      
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
      
    <style> 
        #parent { 
            height: 100px; 
            width: 300px; 
            background: green; 
            margin: 0 auto; 
        } 
        #newElement { 
            height: 40px; 
            width: 100px; 
            margin: 0 auto; 
            color: white 
        } 
    </style> 
</head>  
          
<body style = "text-align:center;">   
      
    <h1 style = "color:green;" >   
        GeeksForGeeks   
    </h1>   
      
    <div id= "parent"></div> 
          
    <br><br> 
      
    <button onclick="insert()">  
        insert 
    </button>  
      
    <!-- Script to insert div element -->
    <script>  
        function insert() { 
            $("#parent").append('<div id = "newElement">A ' 
                + 'Computer Science portal for geeks</div>'); 
        } 
    </script>  
</body>   
  
</html> 

Output:

Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:

Example 2: This example creates a <div> element and uses prependTo() method to append the element at the start of parent element.

<!DOCTYPE html>   
<html>   
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        Create div element using jQuery 
    </title> 
      
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
      
    <style> 
        #parent { 
            height: 100px; 
            width: 300px; 
            background: green; 
            margin: 0 auto; 
        } 
        #newElement { 
            height: 40px; 
            width: 100px; 
            margin: 0 auto; 
            color: white 
        } 
    </style> 
</head>  
          
<body style = "text-align:center;">   
      
    <h1 style = "color:green;" >   
        GeeksForGeeks   
    </h1>   
      
    <div id= "parent"></div> 
      
    <br><br> 
      
    <button onclick="insert()">  
        insert 
    </button>  
              
    <script>  
        function insert() { 
         $('<div id = "newElement">A Computer Science portal' 
            + ' for geeks</div>').prependTo($('#parent'));          
        }  
    </script>  
</body>   
  
</html> 

Output:

Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:

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