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 April 2018.

The after() method of the DocumentType interface 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. Nothing happens if parentNode is null.

Syntax

js
after(param1)
after(param1, param2)
after(param1, param2, /* …, */ paramN)

Parameters

param1, …, paramN

A set of Node objects or strings to insert.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException

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

Examples

js
const docType = document.implementation.createDocumentType("html", "", "");
const myDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", docType);

docType.after(document.createElement("html"));

myDoc.childNodes;
// NodeList [<!DOCTYPE html>, <html>]

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

See also