CharacterData.after()

The CharacterData.after() method inserts a set of Node or DOMString objects in the children list of the CharacterData's parent, just after the CharacterData. DOMString objects are inserted as equivalent Text nodes.

Syntax

after(... nodes)

Parameters

nodes

A set of Node or DOMString objects to insert.

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException

Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.

Examples

Inserting text in new nodes

The after() method allows you to insert new nodes after a CharacterData node.

const h1TextNode = document.getElementsByTagName('h1')[0].firstChild;
h1TextNode.after(" #h1");

h1TextNode.parentElement.childNodes
// NodeList [#text "CharacterData.after()", #text " #h1"]

h1TextNode.data;
// "CharacterData.after()"

Appending text to the current node

If you rather want to append text to the current node, the appendData() method lets you append to the current node's data:

const h1TextNode = document.getElementsByTagName('h1')[0].firstChild;
h1TextNode.appendData(" #h1");

h1TextNode.parentElement.childNodes;
// NodeList [#text "CharacterData.after() #h1"]

h1TextNode.data;
// "CharacterData.after() #h1"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• CharacterData.appendData()
• CharacterData.before()
• Element.append()
• Node.appendChild()
• Element.insertAdjacentElement()
• NodeList