Name
Range.insertNode( ) — insert a node at the start of a range
Availability
DOM Level 2 Range
Synopsis
void insertNode(NodenewNode)
throws RangeException,
DOMException;Arguments
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newNode The node to be inserted into the document.
Throws
This method throws a RangeException with a code of
INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR if
newNode is an Attr, Document, Entity, or Notation
node.
This method also throws a DOMException with one of the following
code values under the following conditions:
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HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR The node that contains the start of the range does not allow children, or it does not allow children of the specified type, or
newNodeis an ancestor of that node.-
NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR The node that contains the start of the range, or any of its ancestors, is read-only.
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WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR newNodeis part of a different document than the range is.
Description
This method inserts the specified node (and all its descendants) into
the document at the start position of this range. When this method
returns, this range includes the newly inserted node. If
newNode is already part of the document,
it is removed from its current position and then reinserted at the
start of the range. If newNode is a
DocumentFragment node, it is not inserted itself, but all of its
children are inserted, in order, at the start of the range.
If the node that contains the start of the range is a Text node, it
is split into two adjacent nodes before the insertion takes place. If
newNode is a Text node, it is not ...