Creating an empty element with start tag vs. self closing tag

Question

In jQuery, is there any difference between this:

$(\'
\').appendTo(\'body\');

And this:

$(\'
\').appe         


        
      

Answer 1

The documentation says:

When the parameter has a single tag, such as $('') or $(''), jQuery creates the element using the native JavaScript createElement() function.

It also says:

Tags that cannot contain elements may be quick-closed or not

So, the form $('

') apparently works also, but it's undocumented. It's clear from the documentation that the intention is that a tag that needs a closing tag should either have that closing tag, or be self-closed.

I would stick to the documented version, as that is less likely to be a victim of a breaking change in a future version.

The jQuery library have a habit of putting as much as possible in a single function call (see the recent on addition for an example), so it's not so far fetched that they would invent something new to happen when you use a non-self-closing tag...

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