jQuery function after .append

Question

How to call a function after jQuery .append is completely done?

Here\'s an example:

$(\"#root\").append(child, function(){
   // Action          


        

Answer 1

Using MutationObserver can act like a callback for the jQuery append method:

I've explained it in another question, and this time I will only give example for modern browsers:

// Somewhere in your app:
var observeDOM = (() => {
    var MutationObserver = window.MutationObserver || window.WebKitMutationObserver;

    return function(obj, callback){
        if( MutationObserver ){
            // define a new observer
            var obs = new MutationObserver(function(mutations, observer){
                if( mutations[0].addedNodes.length || mutations[0].removedNodes.length )
                    callback(mutations);
            });
            // have the observer observe foo for changes in children
            obs.observe( obj, { childList:true, subtree:true });

            return obs;
        }
    }
})();

//////////////////
// Your code:

// setup the DOM observer (on the appended content's parent) before appending anything
observeDOM( document.body, ()=>{
    // something was added/removed
}).disconnect(); // don't listen to any more changes

// append something
$('body').append('
foo
');