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Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs

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JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net>:
> On 3 Feb 2015 14:24:13 -0500, Gordon wrote:
> > 
> > While the page is up, if the user clicks on a link within
> > one of the five divs, say 'C', another set of divs is similarly
> > created, let us say 'c1', 'c2', 'c3', ....  These I append
> > to div 'C'.  I want them to appear below 'C' and before 'D',
> > but instead they display below 'E'.
> 
> Check the DOM tree to make sure they're appended into the correct element.
> If everything is fine, then the problem is due to CSS/formatting issue. e.g.
> elements got wrapped due to fixed container width.
> 
> > My questions are (1) Why, if appending after 'H' works
> > as I expect, don't the other appendChild calls? and 
> 
> That really depends on the code that isn't provided. You should at least
> debug your code and check the DOM tree after appendChild() function calls.
> 
> > (2) How can I get the result I want?  Note: I don't 
> > want to do the work of locating these items on the
> > page by numerical coordinates, I want the browser to 
> > do that work, so the divs will respond to possible
> > changes in the size for foregoing material.  If
> > possible.
> 
> For Firefox, use the DOM Inspector (CTRL+SHIFT+I) or use the one from the
> Firebug addon (recommended).



Thanks.  I mainly wanted to check my assumptions about the
correspondence of the order of the divs in the display and
the structure of the DOM tree.

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Question about appendChild using series of divs gcf@panix.com (Gordon) - 2015-02-03 14:24 -0500
  Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2015-02-04 07:10 +0700
    Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs gcf@panix.com (Gordon) - 2015-02-05 18:02 +0000
  Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-02-04 14:23 +0100
    Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-04 13:34 +0000
      Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-02-04 15:12 +0100
    Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs gcf@panix.com (Gordon) - 2015-02-05 17:59 +0000
      Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-02-05 19:21 +0100
        Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2015-02-05 19:36 +0000
          Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-02-07 12:07 +0100
            Re: Question about appendChild using series of divs John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2015-02-07 15:20 +0000

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