Appending li to ul using appendChild

Question

hi i have a images and i want to create a nav li for each image item.. Now i have this code

 var bigImages = $('#imagesList li img'); // gets the Big Images

Then i have created a ul with this id

<ul id="thumbsList">

    </ul>

Now using a loop i want to add a blank <li> </li> as equal to the big images in the array..

var rounds = document.getElementById('thumbsList');



for (var i = 0; i < bigImages.length; i++) {
        rounds.appendChild('<li> /li>');
    }

Now the console displays this error

`Uncaught TypeError: Failed to execute 'appendChild' on 'Node': parameter 1 is not of type 'Node'

Please tell me where am i doing it wrong.thanks`.

Answer 1

You are doing it wrong. Since you are using plain javascript, I will answer this in same:

for (var i = 0; i < bigImages.length; i++) {
    var p = document.createElement("li"); //This is what you want
    rounds.appendChild(p);
}