How to append an element after specific child element using jquery?

Question

I want to append a paragraph element after specific div class element.

I want to add a p element inside second text div class. I tried a solution but it's not working.

My solution it's not working. How can I insert this p element in second text div class using jquery?

 $(".text:nth-child(2)").append("<p>Five</p>");

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="text"> <p>First</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Second</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Third</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Fourth</p> </div>

Answer 1

nth-of-type this seems to work better

 $(".text:nth-of-type(2)").append("<p>Five</p>");

 .text { border: 1px solid black; }

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="text"> <p>First</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Second</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Third</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Fourth</p> </div>

Answer 2

You can use .eq(n)

 $(".text").eq(1).append("<p>Five</p>");

 .text { padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; }

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="text"> <p>First</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Second</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Third</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Fourth</p> </div>

Answer 3

$('.text:eq(1)').append("<p>Five</p>");

Answer 4

Just in case you don't necessarily need jQuery, you can go with vanilla JS aswell.

 var el = [...document.getElementsByClassName("text")][1]; var p = document.createElement("p"); var t = document.createTextNode("Five"); el.appendChild(p.appendChild(t));

 <div class="text"> <p>First</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Second</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Third</p> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Fourth</p> </div> </div>