Add text to the bottom of a div (or another element) - emulating chat console

Question

I have a div that should be collecting text as text is entered into the input box (right now it just reproduces the input, but later it should produce semi-intelligent respo

Answer 1

If you use

$("#prisonerResponse").html(responseTxt + '\n');

it will replace all content with the new one.

If you just want to add it at the end, use append:

$("#prisonerResponse").append(responseTxt + '\n');