In which case it is better to use the .append(), and which .appendTo()?

Question

There is no big difference between those functions except the syntax:

$(\'.target\').append(\'text\');
$(\'text\').appendTo(\'.target\');

A

Answer 1

It's mostly a matter of taste.

One situation where appendTo is more convenient is when you have a reference to an element rather than a jQuery object, for example in the variable dest:

$("
").appendTo(dest);

To use the append method you have to create a jQuery object for the element to be able to call it:

$(dest).append($("
"));