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  <title>append not working in javascript</title>
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  <subtitle>append not working in javascript</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-07-13T04:23:43Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-07-13T04:23:43Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: append not working in javascript</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Madasamy P</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=90141374</id>
    <updated>2017-06-01T04:22:56Z</updated>
    <published>2017-06-01T04:22:56Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div class="quote-title"&gt;David H Nebinger:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="quote-title"&gt;Madasamy P:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;document.getElementById(&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;).append(query);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The query appended like as text inside form &lt;br /&gt;After Inspect that element it would like this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;form id=&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &amp;#34;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;#34;height: 250px;width: 250px;border:1px solid #ff8533;background: url(http://localhost:8080/documents/20181/22221/Image-red.jpg/c77ac788-11be-46d0-a109-6aa5f7cdb4c3?version=1.0&amp;amp;t=1493119792000&amp;amp;imagePreview=1)no-repeat;background-size:100% 100%;&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not a Liferay problem, this is merely a lack of understanding of basic javascript.  I think there are javascript newbie forums that may help you learn the ins and outs of javascript.  The w3schools site does a good job at sharing basic JS functionality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/liferay-symposium-north-america-2017-registration-28398031276"&gt;Come meet me at the 2017 LSNA!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you David I found the solution already in w3schools site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;var div = document.createElement(&amp;#34;div&amp;#34;);&lt;br /&gt;	 div.style.width = &amp;#34;250px&amp;#34;;&lt;br /&gt;	 div.style.height = &amp;#34;250px&amp;#34;;&lt;br /&gt;	 div.style.background = &amp;#34;red&amp;#34;;&lt;br /&gt;	 div.style.border = &amp;#34;1px solid #ff8533&amp;#34;;&lt;br /&gt;	 div.style.background = &amp;#39;url(&amp;#39;+previewURL&lt;em&gt;+&amp;#39;) no-repeat&amp;#39;;&lt;br /&gt;	 div.style.backgroundSize = &amp;#34;100% 100%&amp;#34;;&lt;br /&gt;	 document.getElementById(&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;).appendChild(div);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It works&lt;/em&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Madasamy P</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-06-01T04:22:56Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>RE: append not working in javascript</title>
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    <author>
      <name>David H Nebinger</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=90108785</id>
    <updated>2017-05-31T12:42:13Z</updated>
    <published>2017-05-31T12:42:13Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div class="quote-title"&gt;Madasamy P:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;document.getElementById(&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;).append(query);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The query appended like as text inside form &lt;br /&gt;After Inspect that element it would like this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;form id=&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &amp;#34;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;#34;height: 250px;width: 250px;border:1px solid #ff8533;background: url(http://localhost:8080/documents/20181/22221/Image-red.jpg/c77ac788-11be-46d0-a109-6aa5f7cdb4c3?version=1.0&amp;amp;t=1493119792000&amp;amp;imagePreview=1)no-repeat;background-size:100% 100%;&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not a Liferay problem, this is merely a lack of understanding of basic javascript.  I think there are javascript newbie forums that may help you learn the ins and outs of javascript.  The w3schools site does a good job at sharing basic JS functionality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/liferay-symposium-north-america-2017-registration-28398031276"&gt;Come meet me at the 2017 LSNA!&lt;/a&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>David H Nebinger</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-05-31T12:42:13Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>append not working in javascript</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Madasamy P</name>
    </author>
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    <updated>2017-05-31T04:38:43Z</updated>
    <published>2017-05-31T04:38:43Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&amp;lt;form id=&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;var previewURL = &amp;#39;&amp;lt;%=urls%&amp;gt;&amp;#39;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;previewURL = previewURL.split(&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for (i = 0; i &amp;lt; previewURL.length; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;      var query =&amp;#39;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;#34;height: 250px;width: 250px;border:1px solid #ff8533;background: url(&amp;#39;+previewURL&lt;em&gt;+&amp;#39;)no-repeat;background-size:100% 100%;&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;#39;;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;      document.getElementById(&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;).append(query);&lt;br /&gt;}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The query appended like as text inside form &lt;br /&gt;After Inspect that element it would like this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;form id=&amp;#34;fm&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &amp;#34;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;#34;height: 250px;width: 250px;border:1px solid #ff8533;background: url(http://localhost:8080/documents/20181/22221/Image-red.jpg/c77ac788-11be-46d0-a109-6aa5f7cdb4c3?version=1.0&amp;amp;t=1493119792000&amp;amp;imagePreview=1)no-repeat;background-size:100% 100%;&amp;#34;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the functionality not works&lt;/em&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Madasamy P</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-05-31T04:38:43Z</dc:date>
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