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l The elements that match the selector of a script (see "results" on page1509).

l One element that matches the selector of a script that runs for "Each matched element"

(see "this" on page1425 and "Setting the scope of a script" on page924).

l The elements returned by a query in the template (see "query()" on page1379).

See also: "after()" on page1432.

before(content)

Before(content) inserts content before one or more HTML elements and creates a new result

set.

content

String, HTML string or result set to insert after the elements. In case a plain text string is

provided, it is automatically wrapped in a element to avoid orphan text nodes to

appear in the <body> element.

Examples

This script looks for an element with the ID salesrepand inserts a paragraph before that

element.

results.before("Lorem Ipsum");

Selector Matched element Matched element after script

execution

#salesrep

Peter

Parker

Lorem ipsum

Peter Parker

This script does the same, but it uses the query() function to look up the element.

query("#salesrep").before("Lorem ipsum");

Matched element Matched element after script execution

Peter Parker Lorem ipsum

Peter Parker

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