The applyElement Method

The applyElement Method

The applyElement method enables you to create parent or child elements in the Internet Explorer. You can see the support for this method in Table 6.8.

Table 6.8. The applyElement Method

Method	NS2	NS3	NS4	NS6	IE3a	IE3b	IE4	IE5	IE5.5	IE6
applyElement ( element [, type ] )								x	x	x
	No return value

You first create a new element with the document object createElement method and pass that element to this method, along with the type argument, which can be either of these strings:

• "outside" (the default). The indicated element becomes a parent of the current element.

• "inside" . The indicated element becomes a child of the current elementbut contains all children of the current element.