How to append/prepend/create a text node with jQuery

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Escaping text with jQuery append?

My HTML is somewhat like this:

Answer 1

The createTextNode approach is probably the best way to go. If you want to have a jQuery-ish syntax, you could make a plugin.

$.fn.appendText = function(text) {
    return this.each(function() {
        var textNode = document.createTextNode(text);
        $(this).append(textNode);
    });
};