jQuery: Click on a paragraph and add another paragraph

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:35 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Fundamental - II : Exercise-75

Click on a paragraph and add another paragraph.

Sample solution :

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Click on a paragraph and add another paragraph.</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click me to add new paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code :

 p {
 background: orange;
 font-weight: bold;
 cursor: pointer;
 padding: 5px;
 }

JavaScript Code :

$( "body" ).delegate( "p", "click", function() {
$( this ).after( "<p>New paragraph!</p>" );
});

See the Pen jquery-fundamental-exercise-75 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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