I understand you want to create stuff dynamically. That does not mean you have to actually construct DOM elements to do it. You can just make use of html
to achieve what you want .
Look at the code below :
HTML:
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id='providersFormElementsTable'></table>
JS :
createFormElement("Nickname","nickname")
function createFormElement(labelText, id) {
$("#providersFormElementsTable").html("<tr><td>Nickname</td><td><input type='text' id='"+id+"' name='nickname'></td><lable id='"+labelText+"'></lable></td></tr>");
$('#providersFormElementsTable').append('<br />');
}
This one does what you want dynamically, it just needs the id and labelText to make it work, which actually must be the only dynamic variables as only they will be changing. Your DOM structure will always remain the same .
WORKING DEMO:
Moreover, when you use the process you mentioned in your post you get only [object Object]
. That is because when you call createProviderFormFields
, it is a function call and hence it's returning an object for you. You will not be seeing the text box as it needs to be added . For that you need to strip individual content form the object
, then construct the html from it.
It's much easier to construct just the html and change the id
s of the label and input according to your needs.