HTML DOM createElement() Method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

In an HTML document, the **document.createElement() is a method used to create the HTML element. The element specified using elementName is created or an unknown HTML element is created if the specified elementName is not recognized.

**Syntax

let element = document.createElement("elementName");

In the above syntax, elementName is passed as a parameter. elementName specifies the type of the created element. The nodeName of the created element is initialized to the elementName value. The document.createElement() returns the newly created element.

**Example 1: This example illustrates how to create a

element. Input :

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**Output:

**Explanation:

• Start with creating an

  element using document.createElement().

• Create a text node using document.createTextNode().
• Now, append the text to

  using appendChild().

• Append the

  to using appendChild().

**Example 2: This example illustrates how to create a

element and append it to a

HTML `

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