Append an element after a specific element in JavaScript

Appending an element after a specific element in plain JavaScript. Emulating non-existent insertAfter() method, by combining insertBefore() with Node.nextSibling:

HTML code:

<div class="example">
	<div class="child_1">Child 1</div>
	<div class="child_2">Child 2</div>
	<div class="child_3">Child 3</div>
</div>

JavaScript code:

<script>
var element_before = document.querySelector('.child_2').nextSibling;
var element = document.createElement('div');
element.classList.add('element');
element.textContent = 'Element';

document.querySelector('.example').insertBefore( element, element_before );
</script>

Links

1. Node: insertBefore() method: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/insertBefore
2. Node: nextSibling property: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nextSibling
3. «There is no insertAfter() method. It can be emulated by combining the insertBefore method with Node.nextSibling»: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/insertBefore#sect3

Browser support

Windows

Internet Explorer 9.0+

Edge 12.0+

Firefox 3.5+

Google Chrome 1.0+

Opera 10.0+

Safari 3.1+

Linux

Firefox 3.5+

Google Chrome / Chromium

Opera 10.0+

iOS

Safari 2.0+

Android

Samsung Internet 1.0+

Chrome 18.0+

Firefox 4.0+

Opera 10.1+

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