jQuery HTML Methods

The following table lists all the methods used to manipulate the DOM.
The methods below work for both HTML and XML documents. Exception: the html() method.

Method	Description
addClass()	Adds one or more classes (for CSS) to selected elements
after()	Inserts content after selected elements
append()	Inserts content at the end of (but still inside) selected elements
appendTo()	Inserts content at the end of (but still inside) selected elements
attr()	Sets or returns an attribute and value of selected elements
before()	Inserts content before selected elements
clone()	Makes a copy of selected elements
detach()	Removes (but keeps a copy of) selected elements
empty()	Removes all child elements and content from selected elements
hasClass()	Checks if any of the selected elements have a specified class (for CSS)
html()	Sets or returns the content of selected elements
insertAfter()	Inserts HTML markup or elements after selected elements
insertBefore()	Inserts HTML markup or elements before selected elements
prepend()	Inserts content at the beginning of (but still inside) selected elements
prependTo()	Inserts content at the beginning of (but still inside) selected elements
remove()	Removes selected elements
removeAttr()	Removes an attribute from selected elements
removeClass()	Removes one or more classes (for CSS) from selected elements
replaceAll()	Replaces selected elements with new content
replaceWith()	Replaces selected elements with new content
text()	Sets or returns the text content of selected elements
toggleClass()	Toggles between adding/removing one or more classes (for CSS) from selected elements
unwrap()	Removes the parent element of the selected elements
val()	Sets or returns the value attribute of the selected elements (form elements)
wrap()	Wraps specified HTML element(s) around each selected element
wrapAll()	Wraps specified HTML element(s) around all selected elements
wrapInner()	Wraps specified HTML element(s) around the content of each selected element