Creating a div element in jQuery How do I create a div element in jQuery? solution: First select the parent element with something like $("#id"), $("element") or $(".class") Then use the .append("<div>foo</div>") function. Alternatively, you can use the .html() as mentioned in a different answer. $("#foo").append("<div>hello world</div>") http://stackoverflow.com/questions/867916/creating-a-div-element-in-jquery