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id: create-modify-element
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# title: Create / modify DOM nodes
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# sidebar_label: DOM Manipulation
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title: DOM Manipulation
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slug: /
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---
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import Admonition from "../components/Admonition"
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import Accordion from "../components/Accordion"
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## Finding elements
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### 1. `querySelector()`
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This method returns the **first element that matches the CSS selector**. If no match is found, it returns `null`.
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```js
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var ele = document.querySelector(selector);
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// Ex. - body > div.container > div.box + div.box
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document.querySelector(".box"); // returns first div.box
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document.querySelector(".not-found"); // null
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```
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<Accordion>
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<Admonition type="note" title="Extra">
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This method is also available on all DOM nodes. If you want to look within a specific element, this is very useful.
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```js
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// Example - div.outer > div.inner
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outerEle.addEventListener((ev) => {
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var innerEle = ev.target.querySelector(".inner");
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});
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```
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</Admonition>
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</Accordion>
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[Read on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/querySelector)
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### 2. `querySelectorAll()`
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This method returns **all the elements that match** the specified CSS selector.
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It returns a **static NodeList**, which contains the matching elements. If no match is found, it returns empty NodeList.
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:::note How to consume NodeList?
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NodeList is a iterable, so it can be iterated using `for..of` loop, or converted to a array using spread syntax like `[...nodelist]`.
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Here, the NodeList is static - meaning any changes in the DOM later does not affect the content of the existing collection. More about NodeList [here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NodeList).
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:::
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```js
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var paragraphs = document.querySelectorAll("p");
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for (var p of paragraphs) {
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p.className = "note";
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}
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```
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[Read on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/querySelectorAll)
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## Create / insert element
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### 1. `createElement()`
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The `document.createElement` method creates a new HTML element, taking the tag name (`"div"`) as first argument.
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To set attributes and add the element to DOM, look at `.setAttribute` and `.appendChild` below.
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```js
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var newEle = document.createElement("div") // creates <div/>
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```
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<Accordion title="Related">
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<Admonition type="note" title="Creating text node">
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To add some text inside a element, you'll need to create a <b>text node</b>.
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`createTextNode` method takes a string as input and returns a new TextNode.
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```js
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var newEle = document.createElement("div")
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var newText = document.createTextNode("Hello world")
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newEle.appendChild(newText) // <div>Hello world</div>
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```
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</Admonition>
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</Accordion>
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[Read on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createElement)
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### 2. `setAttribute()`
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Every element has a `.setAttribute(name, value)` method, which can add/modify a attribute on the current element.
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`name` - the attribute name which should be added. Ex- `"type"`.
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`value` - value of the attribute. Ex- `"text"`.
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```js
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var newInput = document.createElement("input")
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newInput.setAttribute("type", "text") // <input type="text"/>
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```
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[Read on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/setAttribute) |