http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_htmldom_nodes.asp
var child = document.getElementById("p1");
child.parentNode.removeChild(child);
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_document_createelement.asp
var btn = document.createElement("BUTTON"); // Create a <button> element
var t = document.createTextNode("CLICK ME"); // Create a text node
btn.appendChild(t); // Append the text to <button>
document.body.appendChild(btn);
MSDN
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createElement
document.body.onload = addElement;
function addElement () {
// create a new div element
// and give it some content
var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
var newContent = document.createTextNode("Hi there and greetings!");
newDiv.appendChild(newContent); //add the text node to the newly created div.
// add the newly created element and its content into the DOM
var currentDiv = document.getElementById("div1");
document.body.insertBefore(newDiv, currentDiv); }
See also