Try this: $(document).ready(function(){ $("#foobar").append("<div />"); });
On Jul 29, 4:51 pm, Wulf <wulf1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hey there, > I read a lot of things now about creating elements with $("<div/>") > and the appendTo method. > here is my code I'm trying to get to work: > <html> > <head> > <title>Foobar</title> > <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function(){ > $("<div/>").appendTo("#foobar"); > }); > </script> > </head> > <body> > <div class="main"> > <div id="foobar"> > </div> > </div> > </body> > </html> > I'm using jquery 1.3.2 and Firefox 3.5.1 together with Firebug, which > tells me "Node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the > hierarchy" code: "3". > > Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thank you very much. > > Wulf