How to Add <li> in an Existing <ul> with jQuery

December 31, 2020 admin

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to add <li> in an existing <ul> with jQuery. You can simply use jQuery’s append() method to add a list item to an existing unordered list.

The following example will add the <li> element to the end of the <ul> list by clicking the button.

How to Add <li> in an Existing <ul> with jQuery

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
		<script>
			$(document).ready(function(){
				$("button").click(function(){
					$("#langages").append('<li><a href="#">New language</a></li>');
				});
			});
		</script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<ul id="langages">
			<li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li>
			<li><a href="#">HTML</a></li>
			<li><a href="#">CSS</a></li>
		</ul>
		<button type="button">Add new language</button>
	</body>
</html>