In which case it is better to use the .append(), and which .appendTo()?

Question

There is no big difference between those functions except the syntax:

$(\'.target\').append(\'text\');
$(\'text\').appendTo(\'.target\');

A

Answer 1

It's useful for when you chain a few jQuery actions together. like so:

$('.target').css({display:"block"}).fadeOut().appendTo('.somewhere');
// appends target to somewhere

or:

$('.target').css({display:"block"}).fadeOut().append('.somewhere');
// appends somewhere to target

those two are different actions, hence it is useful to have them both.