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Seealso:"after()"onpage786.

before(content)

Before(content)insertscontentbeforeoneormoreHTMLelementsandcreatesanewresultset.

content

String,HTMLstringorresultsettoinsertaftertheelements.Incaseaplaintextstringisprovided,itis

automaticallywrappedinaelementtoavoidorphantextnodestoappearinthe<body>ele-

ment.

Examples

ThisscriptlooksforanelementwiththeIDsalesrepandinsertsaparagraphbeforethatelement.

results.before("Lorem Ipsum");

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Selector Matched element Matched element after script execution

#salesrep <pid="salesrep">PeterParker Loremipsum

<pid="salesrep">PeterParker

Thisscriptdoesthesame,butitusesthequery()functiontolookuptheelement.

query("#salesrep").before("Lorem ipsum");

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Matched element Matched element after script execution

<pid="salesrep">PeterParker Loremipsum

<pid="salesrep">PeterParker

ThefollowingscriptlooksforanelementwiththeIDsalesrep,insertsaparagraphbeforethatelement

andcolorsthatelementred.

query("#salesrep").before("Lorem ipsum").css("color","red");

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