jQuery: Append an element with a text message when an input field is changed

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:45 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Events : Exercise-3 with Solution

Append a <p> element with a text message when an <input> field is changed.
Sample Data :

HTML :

<body>
  <form  name='demo_form'>
  First name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br>
  Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
  </form>
  </body>

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Append a <p> element with a text message when an <input> field is changed</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input id="field1" type="text" value="Field 1">
</form>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code :

$( "#field1").change(function() {
  $( "<p>The text has changed.</p>" ).appendTo( "body" );
});

Note: In jQuery appendTo() method is used to insert every element in the set of matched elements to the end of the target.

Live Demo:

See the Pen jquery-events-exercise-3 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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