appendChild

[jacster]

Hi,
I'm using the following code in a Greasemonkey script.

var start, newElement;
start = document.body;
newElement = document.createElement('b');
newText = document.createTextNode("The Greasemonkey salutes you!");
newElement.appendChild(newText);
start.appendChild(newElement);

Can anyone tell me: 1) why my string appears twice; 2) how to make it
appear just once?

I'm trying to insert code at the top of every viewed page. Obviously,
document.body appends the string to the closing body tag which is not
what I want. What could I use to insert my code as the first childnode
under 'body'?

Thanks.

[Michael Winter]

On 18/06/2005 19:09, jacster wrote:

[snip]

var start, newElement;
start = document.body;
newElement = document.createElement('b');
newText = document.createTextNode("The Greasemonkey salutes you!");
newElement.appendChild(newText);
start.appendChild(newElement);

Can anyone tell me: 1) why my string appears twice
It shouldn't, and it doesn't (not here, anyway).

[snip]
I'm trying to insert code at the top of every viewed page.
Server-side includes would seem to be a better solution.
Obviously, document.body appends the string to the closing body tag
The appendChild method appends the B element as the last child node of
the BODY element.

<!-- content --> <- new element inserted after this point.
</body>
What could I use to insert my code as the first childnode under
'body'?

The insertBefore method.

var body = document.body,
element, text;

if(body && body.insertBefore && document.createTextNode
&& document.createElement)
{
element = document.createElement('b');
text = document.createTextNode('The Greasemonkey salutes you!');

if(element && text && element.appendChild) {
element.appendChild(text);
body.insertBefore(element, body.firstChild);
}
}

Mike

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[jacster]

Hi Mike,
Thanks for the appendBefore and body.firstChild tips. Changed my script
and now the double-string problem is gone and text at page top.
Server side includes aren't that suitable because my code is for giving
the browsing user expanded parse/report/log options on remote pages.
Did consdier filtering/changing remote pages through a local server
with PHP for extended language functions but want to get js working
first.
Cheers.

[jacster]

var lstmsg;
lstmsg = lstmsg.replace(/appendBefore/, "insertBefore");