CharacterData: 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 after() method of the CharacterData interface inserts a set of Node objects or strings in the children list of the object's parent, just after the object itself.

Strings are inserted as Text nodes; the string is being passed as argument to the Text() constructor.

Syntax

js
after(...nodes)

Parameters

nodes

A set of Node objects or strings to insert.

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException

Thrown when the new nodes cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy, that is if one of the following conditions is met:

Examples

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

js
const h1TextNode = document.querySelector("h1").firstChild;
h1TextNode.after(" #h1");

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

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

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

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-childnode-after①

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
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Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
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Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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