Creating a div element in jQuery [duplicate]
As of jQuery 1.4 you can pass attributes to a self-closed element like so:
jQuery('<div>', { id: 'some-id', class: 'some-class some-other-class', title: 'now this div has a title!'}).appendTo('#mySelector');Here it is in the Docs
Examples can be found at jQuery 1.4 Released: The 15 New Features you Must Know .
You can use append (to add at last position of parent) or prepend (to add at fist position of parent):
$('#parent').append('<div>hello</div>'); // or$('<div>hello</div>').appendTo('#parent');Alternatively, you can use the .html() or .add() as mentioned in a different answer.
Technically $('<div></div>') will 'create' a div element (or more specifically a DIV DOM element) but won't add it to your HTML document. You will then need to use that in combination with the other answers to actually do anything useful with it (such as using the append() method or such like).
The manipulation documentation gives you all the various options on how to add new elements.