jQuery: DOM Manipulation Methods

Method	Description
append	Inserts DOM elements at the end of selected element(s).
appendTo	Perform same task as append() method. The only difference is syntax. Here, first specify DOM elements as a string which you want to insert and then call appendTo() method with selector expression to select the elements where you want to append the specified DOM elements.
before	Inserts content (new or existing DOM elements) before specified element(s) by a selector.
after	Inserts content (new or existing DOM elements) after selected element(s) by a selector.
detach	Removes the specified element(s).
empty	Removes all child element(s) of selected element(s).
html	Get or Set html content to the selected element(s).
insertAfter	Insert DOM element(s) after selected element(s). Perform same task as after() method, the only difference is syntax.
insertBefore	Insert DOM element(s) before selected element(s). Perform same task as before() method, the only difference is syntax.
prepend	Insert content at the beginning of the selected element(s).
prependTo	Insert content at the beginning of the selected element(s). Perform same task as prepend() method, the only difference is syntax.
prop	Get or Set the value of specified property of selected element(s).
remove	Removes selected element(s) from the DOM.
removeAttr	Removes specified attribute from selected element(s).
removeProp	Removes specified property from selected element(s).
replaceAll	Replace all target element(s) with specified element.
replaceWith	Replace all target element(s) with specified element and return the set of elements which was removed.
text	Get or set text content of the selected element(s).
wrap	Wrap an HTML structure around each selected element(s).
unwrap	Remove the parents of selected element(s).
val	Get or set the value of selected element(s)
wrapAll	Combine all the selected element(s) and wrap them with specified HTML.
wrapInner	Wrap an inner html of selected element(s) with specified HTML.

CSS Methods

CSS Methods	Description
css	Get or set style properties to the selected element(s).
addClass	Add one or more CSS class to the selected element(s).
hasClass	Determine whether any of the selected elements are assigned the given CSS class.
removeClass	Remove a single class, multiple classes, or all classes from the selected element(s).
toggleClass	Toggles between adding/removing classes to the selected elements

Dimensions Methods

Dimensions Methods	Description
height	Get or set height of the selected element(s).
innerHeight	Get or set inner height (padding + element's height) of the selected element(s).
outerHeight	Get or set outer height (border + padding + element's height) of the selected element(s).
offset	Get or set left and top coordinates of the selected element(s).
position	Get the current coordinates of the selected element(s).
width	Get or set the width of the selected element(s).
innerWidth()	Get or set the inner width (padding + element's width) of the selected element(s).
outerWidth	Get or set outer width (border + padding + element's width) of the selected element(s).
scrollLeft	Get or set the current horizontal position of the scrollable content of selected element.
scrollTop	Get or set the current vertical position of the scrollable content of selected element.