DocumentType: after() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The DocumentType.after() method inserts a set of
Node objects or strings in the children list of the
DocumentType's parent, just after the DocumentType.
Strings are inserted as equivalent Text nodes.
Syntax
js
after(param1)
after(param1, param2)
after(param1, param2, /* …, */ paramN)
Parameters
param1, …,paramN-
A set of
Nodeobjects or strings to insert.
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
HierarchyRequestErrorDOMException-
Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.
Examples
js
let docType = document.implementation.createDocumentType("html", "", "");
let myDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", docType);
docType.after(document.createElement("html"));
myDoc.childNodes;
// NodeList [<!DOCTYPE html>, <html>]
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-childnode-after① |
Browser compatibility
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